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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4960 m/e 09/1929

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1929 PYLE HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 09/1929
Withdrawal Fri 21/09/1962
Service Life 33 yrs , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1929
SRD   Stafford Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84C   Banbury 4w/e 02/12/1950
84C   Banbury 4w/e 31/12/1950
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 09/08/1952
84A   Stafford Road 7w/e 31/08/1952
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 01/11/1952
83C   Exeter 4w/e 21/02/1959
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 03/10/1959
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SRD Stafford Road 4w/e 19/04/1947
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 02/12/1950
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 09/08/1952
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 83C Exeter 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 03/10/1959
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1948 Swindon Works New Work November: Nos. 6761 DYD (3/11), 6762 (4/11), 6763 (10/11), 6764 (12/11), 6765 (26/11); 4169 (15/11); 6991 Acton Burnell Hall WES (22/11), 6992 Arborfield Hall (26/11); Nos. 4168 an 6760 PILL were both completed on 29/10. Locomotives entering Works 28/10/48 to 26/11/48: These included Nos. 184 (condemned), 1013/27, 1331, 1435, 1538 (condemned - at present being used as Works pilot), 1749 (condemned), *1867 (condemned), *2010, *2121, *2187, 2249, *2706, *2717 (both condemned), 2819/71/74/88/96, 2906/32/40/43/53, 3169/86, 3624/77, 3733, 3806/41/64, 3951, 4015/18/25/60/81/83/92/93, 4123, 4287, 4508/53/84, 4665/91, 4900/60, 5031/32/49/67, 5121 (condemned), 5128/77, 5345, 5406/11, 5537/44/48, 5689, 5744/72/81/94, 5801, 5926/67/89, 6021, 6146, 6382/88, 6407, 6715, 6835/43/52, 6915/35/40/47/50/59/61, 7760, 7808, 8751, **9019 (condemned), 9310, 9754, 'Austerity' 77380. *Open cab. **Fitted small 2,000 gallon tender (No. 1128 of 4/96). Nos. 6991/92 came out painted black and fully lined, While Nos. 4168/69, 6760/65 are black and unlined. The following have been painted black and fully lined:-Nos. 4966/96, 5967/92, 6922/40/50 while Nos. 1362, 2194, 2252, 2840, 3685/96, 3811, 4290, 5214, 5384, 5563, 7234, 7716/64, 8768/77, 9310 an 9711 are painted black, but not lined. Nos. 3720 an 7702 have 'G.W.R.' on the tank sides and are fitted with smokebox numberplates. No. 6009 has been fitted with a new standard cast iron smokebox num-berplate, in place of the former smaller brass one, all locomotives leaving Works are now fitted with smokebox numberplates. Locomotives noted with top feed boilers:-Nos. 3624/85/96, 5772/81, 5801, 7702/16/64, 8710/68/77, 9745. SLS/194901
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4960, name: PYLE HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stafford Road (SRD)    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
09/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
31/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
21/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (83C)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
21/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4960    
09/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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