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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5944 on 12/03/1935

Names Carried
Date From Name
12/03/1935 ICKENHAM HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 290
To Service Mon 12/03/1935
Withdrawal Mon 08/04/1963
Service Life 28 yrs , 27 dys

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 12/03/1935
SRD   Stafford Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84B   Oxley 4w/e 02/12/1950
84B   Oxley 4w/e 31/12/1950
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 09/08/1952
84A   Stafford Road 7w/e 31/08/1952
84B   Oxley 4w/e 24/01/1953
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 05/11/1960
85A   Worcester 4w/e 07/10/1961
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 19/05/1962
     Withdrawn on 08/04/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 02/12/1950
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 09/08/1952
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 24/01/1953
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 05/11/1960
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 19/05/1962
WDN   4w/e 06/04/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1949 Swindon Works New Work August: Nos. 7025 Sudeley Castle PDN (2/8), 7026 Tenby Castle (15/8), 7027 Thornbury Castle LA (25/8); 1503 PDN (8/8), 1504 PDN (17/8), 1505 PDN (29/8). Nos. 7025-27 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1503-05 are unlined black. Contractor built: Nos. 8400 TYS, 8401 CDF, 8402 (W.G.B. 2912/49) PILL (26/8), 8450 (Y.E. Co. 2443/49) NPT (17/8). Nos. 8400-02/50 are unlined black. Condemned: Nos. 289 (original T.V. R/T boiler and curved top tanks), 1884 (closed cab), 1930 (open cab), 2902, 3182 an 3419. No. 6320 has been re-converted to coal-burning. Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. 1000/04/25, 1427/37, 2117 (closed cab), 2211/12/14/21/67, 2462, 2815/52/75/87, 3016/20, 3174/86, 3635/77, 3715/99, 3805/14/43, 4013/15/33/47/80, 4107/48/49/55, 4269/78, 4502/10/59/65/82/92/95, 4637/50/79/97, 4906/51/81, 5001/18/30/42/57/76/80/94/99, 5206, 5344/45/80, 5501/05/22/37/54, 5749, 5804, 5904/12/21/27/44/45/47/66, 6000/04/19, 6105/07/43/61, 6338/77, 6408/31, 6741, 6808/19/28/29/44, 6905/65, 7219/36, 7310, 7414, 7718, 7815/16, 7904, 8789, 9638 an 90712. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1005/12, 4901/23/50, 5912/18 an 6920. September: A batch of new Class '2' 2-6-2T's and Class '4' 2-6-0's is to be built here. They will be similar to existing L.M.S. designs, but will have modified G.W.R. boilers. The frames have already been cut for five of the 2-6-0's. SLS/194910

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/03/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5944, name: ICKENHAM HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stafford Road (SRD)    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
09/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
31/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
24/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
08/04/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5944    
06/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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