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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4968 m/e 12/1929
Great Western Railway (Oil Burner) 3900 m/e 05/1947
Great Western Railway (Ex-Oil) 4968 m/e 03/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
12/1929 SHOTTON HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 12/1929
Withdrawal Fri 13/07/1962
Service Life 32 yrs, 7 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1962 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1929
PZ   Penzance 4w/e 11/01/1936
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LA   Laira 4w/e 03/12/1949
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 02/12/1950
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 31/12/1950
83G   Penzance 4w/e 26/01/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 23/02/1952
83G   Penzance 4w/e 29/02/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 31/03/1952
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 22/03/1958
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/10/1959
     Withdrawn on 13/07/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 17/05/1947
ALLOC LA Laira 4w/e 03/12/1949
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 02/12/1950
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 26/01/1952
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/10/1959
WDN   m/e 31/07/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during April included:- 2095, 2159, 2407, 2612, 2655, 2702, 2784, 2787, 2808, 2835, 2936, 2937, 2940, 2949, 2954, 2989, 3012, 3018, 3048, 3150, 3386, 3586, 3594, 4007, 4020, 4023, 4042, 4078, 4381, 4920, 4968, 4971, 5012, 5043, 5305, 5375, 5960, 5986, 6023, 6309, 6344, 6399, 6953, 6970, and L.M.S. 8465. Further 'Panniers' fitted with T.F. boilers are 3663, 8713, and 8794. Works' pilots during April included: 200, 207, 1542, 1795, 1796, 2723, 2773 and 3561. New engines reported are: 1029 PDN, 9404 PDN. SLS/194706
21/10/1948 Swindon Stock Shed 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4968, name: SHOTTON HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (PZ)    
05/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3900    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 4968    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (LA)    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
26/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
29/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
31/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
13/07/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4968    
11/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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