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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4161 on 14/09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 5101
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 369
To Service Thu 14/09/1948
Withdrawal Thu 18/11/1965
Service Life 17 yrs, 2 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 14/09/1948
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 03/10/1953
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 19/04/1958
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 01/11/1958
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 18/04/1959
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 08/09/1962
86C   Hereford 4w/e 04/05/1963
85A   Worcester w/e 08/11/1964
     Withdrawn on 18/11/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 30/09/1948
1STALLOC BRY Barry m/e 31/10/1948
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 19/04/1958
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 86C Hereford 4w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 85A Worcester 3w/e 02/11/1964
WDN   on 18/11/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during September included: Nos. 1000/25, 1430/40/61, 1957/91, 2144/81/88/94, 2224/46/71, 2827/38/42/72/77/82, 2948, 3617, 3861/64/66, 3904/55, 4000/37/44/58/88, 4128, 4280, 4407, 4509/32/37/40/50, 4639, 4704, 4804, 4973/75/78, 5011/57/71/79, 5153/56, 5207, 5369/75, 5510/54/74, 5718/33/61, 5903/34/51/62/69/84, 6005/06/12, 6133, 6337/40/75/93, 6406/30, 6801/47, 6905/16/52/70, 7004/05/17, 7306/09, 7402/22, 7800/18, 8722/37/39, 9612, 9730.
New work; September: Nos. 7435 (-), 7436 (OXF), 7437 (WOS), 7438 (DG) (completed 5/10); 4160 (-). 4161 (BRY), 4162 (-), 4163 (BRY) and 4164 (DYD), nearly completed. Works' pilots have been Nos. 212, 1713, 1900 an 2764.
Outside the Works and awaiting scrapping are the following:-Nos. 1730, 2643/80, 2734/46/51, 3002/06/27, 3165/84, 3440, 5127, 5343/49 an 9006. In addition, Nos. 2709, 2928, 3005 an 3395 came in for scrapping at the beginning of October. All locomotives receiving a general repair (except express passenger locomotives) are now coming out painted plain black with the exception of No. 5156, which was fully lined, but without 'British Railways' on the tank sides. The majority of locomotives are now receiving smokebox number-plates.
No. 7017 was ex. Works on 22/9 after light repairs and is now running without nameplates
SLS/194811
27/10/1963 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Triangle: 3653, 4507, 4690, 9645. Yard: D829/50/69, D1056, 3652/68, 3766/9, 4082, 4113/76, 5093, 6000/11/25/26, 6763 6819/58/61, 6922/23/61, 7803/08, 8738, 9412/40, 9633, 9700/99. 'A' Shop: D833/4/45/61, D1000/1/7/25/6/8/36/40/54/63/7, D3102, D3510/1/2/9, D3599/604/809, D7039, 4121/50/61, 6116, 6820/35, 6864/66/72/6, 6947/59/80, 7922, 9605, 9673. Dump: 1471, 1608, 4134, 4629/51, 5201, 5645, 5787, 6416, 6609/31/9/74, 8491, 8791, 9401, 9636, 9764. SLS/196312

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
14/09/1948 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4161
Built at Swindon Works
   
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
19/04/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
01/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
18/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
04/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (86C)    
08/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
18/11/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 4161    
07/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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