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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4980 m/e 02/1930

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/1930 WROTTESLEY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 02/1930
Withdrawal Thu 04/07/1963
Service Life 33 yrs, 5 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1930
PZ   Penzance 4w/e 08/02/1936
WOS   Worcester on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
OXY   Oxley 4w/e 26/02/1949
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 26/03/1949
84C   Banbury 4w/e 02/12/1950
84C   Banbury 4w/e 31/12/1950
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/12/1955
82C   Swindon 4w/e 29/06/1963
     Withdrawn on 04/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC WOS Worcester 4w/e 22/03/1947
ALLOC OXY Oxley 4w/e 26/02/1949
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 26/03/1949
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 02/12/1950
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/12/1955
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 19/05/1956
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 29/06/1963
WDN   4w/e 27/07/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4980, name: WROTTESLEY HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (PZ)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Worcester (WOS)    
26/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (OXY)    
26/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
31/12/1955 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
29/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
04/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 4980    
06/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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