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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2945 m/e 06/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1912 HILLINGDON COURT

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class Saint
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 189
Works Number 2480
To Service During 06/1912
Withdrawal Wed 24/06/1953
Service Life 41 yrs , 24 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1912
SDN   Swindon on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1952
     Withdrawn on 24/06/1953

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1952
WDN   m/e 30/06/1953

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/1938 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
29/02/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during February included:- Nos. 1013-15 1943, 1995, 2903, 2933, 2945, 2955, 3004, 3816, 3863, 4020, 4043, 4079, 4098, 4904, 4939, 4944, 4956, 5018, 5035, 5053, 5062, 5090, 5324, 5337, 5381, 5927, 5953, 5982, 6015, 6020, 6025, 6366, 6866, 6934, 6956, 7002, 7212, 7214, 7300, W.D. 77027, 77184, 79279, 79301 an 79309. Further locomotives ex works with prefix W and plain tanks or tenders included Nos. 823, 1433, 1441, 2288, 2951, while No. 6000 has the prefix and 'British Railways' on the tender SLS/194804
30/06/1949 Swindon Works (entering Works) New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2945, name: HILLINGDON COURT
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2480
   
01/1938 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swindon (SDN)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
24/06/1953 Withdrawn Condemned as 2945    

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