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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4954 m/e 08/1929

Names Carried
Date From Name
08/1929 PLAISH HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 08/1929
Withdrawal w/e Sat 14/11/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 3 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1929
LA   Laira 4w/e 08/02/1936
TN   Taunton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 22/04/1950
83D   Laira m/e 31/01/1951
83D   Laira 4w/e 28/02/1951
83C   Exeter 4w/e 31/03/1951
83A   Newton Abbot 8w/e 11/07/1953
81E   Didcot 4w/e 24/04/1954
81F   Oxford 4w/e 08/09/1956
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 26/12/1959
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 07/10/1961
2B   Oxley w/e 18/07/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 14/11/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 22/04/1950
ALLOC 83D Laira m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 83C Exeter m/e 28/02/1951
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 24/04/1954
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 08/09/1956
1STALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 26/12/1959
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 2B Oxley 4w/e 08/08/1964
WDN   w/e 14/11/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
16/11/1946 Exeter MPD On 16/11, the following were observed on Exeter shed: 3018, 3395, 3451, 4954, 5051, 5321, 6421, 6957 and 6963; whilst L.M.S. 8.F 8409 and 8421 were on passing freight trains. 1449 and 1468 were working the Heathfield branch and 3335 and 6385 were station pilots. The 11.25 a.m. (G.W.) stopping train to Plymouth was worked by S.R. 21C118 SLS/194701
30/11/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering works during October and November included 1366, 1409, 1416, 1538, 2017, 2092, 2212, 2411, 2538, 2612, 2708, 2792,2817, 2825, 2836, 2842, 2851, 2859, 2882, 2883, 2884, 2885, 2906, 2927, 2947, 2955,2980, 2987, 2889, 3016, 3026, 3363, 3421, 4038, 4042. 4046, 4052, 4059, 4903, 4934,4953, 4954, 4966, 4973, 5949, 5961, 5989, 5997, 6917, 6922, 6929, 6947, 6959, 70876, 77086, 77326, and 79309 SLS/194701
19/02/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Gas Works Sidings: 1502/9, 1603/52, 3638/49, 3704, 4203, 5103/10/76, 6752/3/61/76, 7740, 8406/76, 9400/14/47/9/58, 9795. Stock Shed Yard: 1361/4, 1410/33/54, 4644, 5920, 6158, 6336, 7410/3, 7761, 8473. Triangle: 1366, 2227, 3799, 4170, 4287, 4587, 4978, 5207, 5519, 6425, 6864, 6979, 7704/76, 8457. Works Yard: 1014/25, 1625/9, 2207, 2516, 4099, 4701, 4902/15/81/5, 5025, 6003, 6131, 6945/53/61, 7000/20, 7325, 7775/94, 7902, 8454, 9481, 9701/49, 18000, 78000/8, L.T.E. L91. 'A' Shop: D604, D800/9/11/8/20/66-70, D1000-5, D2187-92, D3000/27, D3182, D6301/3/5, 7, 1017, 3806, 4073/4, 4128/31/48, 4274, 4574, 4919/24/7/30/5/54, 5008/19/27/9/32/68/71, 5900/23/72/85/6, 6023/7/9, 6122/44/7, 6368, 6822/51, 6917/29/36/51, 7033, 7908, 15100/4, 70024, 82032/9, 92232. Dump: 1601/2/10/20/59, 2813/9/32, 4550/9/94, 5331/91, 5510/4, 6333/52, 6775, 8419, 9462. 'C' Shop: 1616/44, 2846, 4281, 6382. SLS/196104
30/12/1962 Western Regionboundary changes The following former W.R. engines were transferred to the L.M. Region when the depots to which they are allocated became the responsibility of that Region on 1.1.63. The official date of the transfer is December 30th, 1962: D3004/25-9/34-9, D3105-13/5/6/91-4, D3752/5/7, D3950-2/6-8/68-70/73-85/8/95-7, 1002/13/6/9/23/5, 1432/58, 1619/28/32/8/60/3/8, 2210/1/36/89 2845/51/6/66/75/88, 3208/9/17, 3601/5/7/19/25/31/58/60/73, 3709/44/9/70/6/8/82/8/9/92, 3802/6/9/13/5/7/21/5/8/9/31/45/6/9/52/5/7/65, 4105/11/4/20/5/33/40/7-9/53-5/8/65/7/8/71-3/5/6/8/9, 4602/17/45/6/8/65/83/7/96, 4923/46/54/98, 5022/6/31/63/89, 5101/53, 5192, 5606/40/58, 5927/42/83/90/1/4/5, 6129, 6314/64, 6403/24, 6604/9-11/5/8/25/31/2/44/6/63/7/8/71/4/8/9/83/92/4/8, 6803/11/23/7/8/30/1/3/9/42/5/51/3-5/7/8/61/2/4/6/70/1/9, 6903/4/6/7/11/5/6/7/22/5/6/9/30/3/4/52/64/71/6/9/80, 7001/12/4/9/24/6, 7207/18/36, 7414/8/24/6/31/43. 7800-3/6/7/9/10/2/8/9/21-4/7/8, 7905/8/12/5/8/29, 8109, 8464/98, 8718, 9435/63/70/98, 9608/10/3/4/24/30/6/9/46/57/69, 9724/33/53/68/74/82/93, 41201-4/9/31/2/40/1/85, 44835, 45143/5/90, 45283/98, 45406/22, 45572/7, 45660/99, 46401, 46503-27, 48330/47/54/69/402/4/10/2/5/7/8/24/30/6/50/9/60/71/4/5/8, 48724/38/9/68, 73025 6/34-6/90/5/7, 75000/2-4/6/9/20/1/3/4/6/7/9, 78000/2/3/7/8, 80070/8-80/96/8/100/l/2/4/5/31/2/5/6, 82000/3/5/6/9/20/1/31-4, 92001, 92212/3/5/27/8/34/47. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4954, name: PLAISH HALL
Built at Swindon Works 		   
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (LA)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Taunton (TN)    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (83C)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
24/04/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
08/09/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
26/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
18/07/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (2B)    
14/11/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4954    
12/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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