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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3820 on 17/04/1940
Great Western Railway (Oil) 4856 m/e 31/07/1947
Great Western Railway (Coal) 3820 on 30/06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 328
To Service Fri 17/04/1940
Withdrawal Fri 02/07/1965
Service Life 25 yrs, 2 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 17/04/1940
BAN   Banbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LLY   Llanelli 4w/e 04/09/1948
BAN   Banbury 4w/e 16/07/1949
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 01/11/1952
84K   Chester West 4w/e 30/01/1954
84C   Banbury 4w/e 14/06/1958
84B   Oxley 4w/e 21/03/1959
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/12/1960
81E   Didcot 4w/e 25/02/1961
81C   Southall 2w/e 10/01/1965
     Withdrawn on 02/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PDN Old Oak Common 4w/e 09/08/1947
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC BAN Banbury 4w/e 16/07/1949
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 84K Chester West 5w/e 30/01/1954
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 14/06/1958
LOAN 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/12/1960
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 25/02/1961
ALLOC 81C Southall 5w/e 04/01/1965
WDN   on 02/07/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
31/07/1947 Converted to oil burnng
30/06/1949 Oil burning equipment removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/10/1948 Swindon Stock Shed (Newburn Wagon Repair) On 21/10 the Stock Shed contained the following:-Nos. 5, 3012/14/15/17/18/23/41, 3900/54/55, 4081, 4502, 4914, 4801/06/08/10/51/55/57, 6320 while those observed at the Newburn Wagon Repair Shed were Nos. 3022/24/36, 3377/83/93, 3406/07/44/47/49, 3450/51/54, 3901/03/52, 4803/05/07/09/11/53/54/56, 9024/83/84/89. Nos. 3904/50 an 4804 have been re-converted to coal-burning and re-numbered *4972, 5955 and 2839 respectively. *Still retains electric lighting equipment. SLS/194812
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
10/08/1949 Swindon Stock Shed The Stock Shed contained Nos. 1025, 2462, 2948, 4121/68/69, 5153/62, 5411/17, 5563, 5761, 6129/66, 7209. Amongst various engines 'on shed' were Nos. 1503, (marked PDN), 2568 (ex Works), 3820 (ex 4856-oil-burning), 9008/11. SLS/194909

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
17/04/1940 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3820
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Banbury (BAN)    
31/07/1947 Modification Modification: Converted to oil burnng    
31/07/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 4856    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
30/06/1949 Modification Modification: Oil burning equipment removed    
30/06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 3820    
16/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (BAN)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
21/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
31/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
25/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
10/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
02/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3820    
09/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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