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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5311 m/e 06/1917

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 206
Works Number 2683
To Service During 06/1917
Withdrawal Mon 24/10/1960
Service Life 43 yrs, 4 mths , 23 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1917
44   Banbury on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
wes   Salisbury (GWR) 4w/e 07/03/1936
WES   Westbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
BRD   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/12/1949
84K   Chester West 4w/e 18/04/1953
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 25/01/1958
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 17/05/1958
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 16/05/1959
     Withdrawn on 24/10/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BRD Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/12/1949
ALLOC 84K Chester West 4w/e 18/04/1953
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 16/05/1959
WDN   on 24/10/1960

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1949 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1949 Swindon Works New Work April: Nos. *7903 Foremarke Hall (8/4), *7904 Fountains Hall (14/4), 7905 Fowey Hall LA (28/4); 9678 NA (1/4), 9679 CED (11/4), 9680 TYS (22/4), 9681 TDU (29/4). *Not allocated. Nos. 7903- 05 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 9678-81 are plain black. Nos. 7018 Cranbrook Castle and 7019 were nearly complete on 9/5 and the frames and cylinders for the first of the 15XX were in position for drilling. No. 4971 TN has been re-converted to coal-burning.
Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1003/15, 1418/48, 2014 (open cab), 2154 (open cab), 2213/34/65/73, 2812/50/55/61, 2908/12/42/50, 3011, 3666/86, 3737, 3846. 4051/75/88/94, 4138, 4267, 4500, 4663/89, 4805 (for re-conversion), 4908/15/22/41/49/86, 5016/44/54/56/69/74/84/89, 5311/53/60/82, 5523/39/55/74, 5800, 5970/73, 6018/28, 6351/63/67/93, 6812/16/41/48/60, 7236, 7749/53, 8703/43. Condemned: Nos. 47, 1758, 3592 (all to Concentration Yard), No. 277 (acting as Works' pilot). No. 3175 has been cut up in 'A' Shop. Nos. 6100/01/03/59 have had the footsteps set further inwards, to enable them to work on the Reading-Redhill line. No. 155 ex Works, has been fitted with a copper-capped parallel chimney replacing the tapered cast-iron one formerly carried. No. 3033, ex Works, now carries the frames, cylinders and cab sides of No. 3005 (condemned) and the boiler of No. 3033. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include: Nos. 1003, 5931, 6907/33; Nos. 4003/07/49 are painted dark green and fully lined. The contents of the Stock Shed on 3/5 were:-Nos. 2948, 4124/68/69, 4914, 5153, 5411, 5919, 6915/19/97/8/9 an 7902.
SLS/194906

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1917 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5311
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2683
   
01/01/1934 Allocation      
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Salisbury (GWR) (wes)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Westbury (WES)    
05/1949 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
18/04/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
16/05/1959 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
24/10/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 5311    

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