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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Original) 2184 m/e 03/1909
Great Western Railway 4523 on 28/12/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 174
Works Number 2313
To Service During 03/1909
Withdrawal Mon 10/10/1955
Service Life 46 yrs, 7 mths , 11 dys
Total Mileage 1,107,059

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 05/11/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1909
TR   Truro on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83E   St Blazey w/e 06/09/1952
     Withdrawn on 19/10/1953
91W   To Western Region / GWR (Reinstated) (Condemnation suspended per phone message from H G Lewis 4/11/53 @4pm ) on 19/11/1953
83F   Truro 4w/e 13/08/1955
     Withdrawn on 10/10/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 06/09/1952
ALLOC 83F Truro 4w/e 13/08/1955
WDN   m/e 31/10/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2184
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2313
   
28/12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 4523    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Truro (TR)    
06/09/1952 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
19/11/1953 Reinstated Reinstated to To Western Region / GWR (91W)    
13/08/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Truro (83F)    
10/10/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 4523    
05/11/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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