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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3751 on 12/11/1937

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 306
To Service Fri 12/11/1937
Withdrawal Fri 10/09/1965
Service Life 27 yrs, 9 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 12/11/1937
BAN   Banbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 25/02/1950
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 16/06/1951
84F   Stourbridge Junction 6w/e 30/06/1951
81E   Didcot 4w/e 10/09/1955
88A   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 19/05/1962
81E   Didcot 4w/e 16/06/1962
81F   Oxford 2w/e 10/01/1965
     Withdrawn on 10/09/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 25/02/1950
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 16/06/1951
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 10/09/1955
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Canton 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 81E Didcot m/e 30/06/1962
ALLOC 81F Oxford 5w/e 04/01/1965
WDN   on 10/09/1965

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1949 Swindon Works New Work January: Nos. 6996 Blackwell Hall (RDG (4/1)), 6997 Bryn-Ivor Hall (17/1), 6998 Burton Agnes Hall (28/1); 6769 BRY (6/1). Locomotives entering Works 30/12/48 to 28/1/49: These included Nos. p24 (Petrol), 213/46 (Both acting as Works' pilots), 1007/08/19, 1369, 1426/29, 2016 (open cab), 2235/64/94, 2445, 2807/59, 2843, 2942/79/87, 3020/44, 3631/33, 3751, 3811/57 (damaged), 3818/28/55, 4017/41/46/53/59/74/78/79/86, 4122/37, 4225/82,, 4507/10/50/94, 4601, 4801 (Ex-Carriage Stock Shed-for conversion to coal-burning), 4912/15/21/35/58, 5014/27/29/49/57/61/92/93, 5108/34, 5225, 5307/33/48/58, 5502/05/12/31/53/72, 5909/49/61/97 , 6013/23/29, 6104/38/58/66, 6304/07/32/34/59/81, 6432, 6640, 6802/03/64/65/69, 6967, 7412, 7731/62/66/86/87, 7805, 8724/26, 9604/11/53, 9732/53/69, W.D. 77049 (badly damaged), 79279, 79309. Condemned: Nos. *1538, *1713, 2717 (all to Concentration Yard), 1889/97, 2767 (open cab), 2935, 3049, 3446/48, 4320. *After acting as Works' pilot.
Further locomotives painted black and fully lined, include Nos. 4900, 5997, 6930/39, while No. 2166 came out black and unlined-with the original boiler again. No. 3020 has had a heavy repair (with a change of boiler), fitted with a smokebox numberplate, but not re-painted
SLS/194903
14/10/1962 Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works 1628/60, 2841/62, 3217, 3608/58, 3709/15/51/60/78, 4147, 4910/51, 5070, 5245, 5602, 6141, 6644/63/79, 6816, 6982, 7209, 8498, 9411/53, 9608/10/5/40/82. Ex-Works on shed: 9404/15; ex-Works on Oxley MPD; 4697, 7739. 'Kings' at Stafford Road minus numbers and nameplates: 6001/2/7/12/4/5/7/22. SLS/196211

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/11/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3751
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Banbury (BAN)    
25/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
16/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
30/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
10/09/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (88A)    
16/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
10/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
10/09/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3751    
12/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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