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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5985 on 18/10/1938

Names Carried
Date From Name
18/10/1938 MOSTYN HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 311
To Service Fri 18/10/1938
Withdrawal Fri 13/09/1963
Service Life 24 yrs, 10 mths , 26 dys

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 18/10/1938
WES   Westbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83F   Truro 4w/e 16/05/1953
83E   St Blazey 4w/e 28/01/1956
83G   Penzance 4w/e 14/07/1956
84B   Oxley 4w/e 19/04/1958
81C   Southall 4w/e 15/12/1962
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 06/04/1963
81F   Oxford 4w/e 27/07/1963
     Withdrawn on 13/09/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83F Truro 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 28/01/1956
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 14/07/1956
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 19/04/1958
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 15/12/1962
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 06/04/1963
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 27/07/1963
WDN   4w/e 29/09/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604
19/02/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Gas Works Sidings: 1502/9, 1603/52, 3638/49, 3704, 4203, 5103/10/76, 6752/3/61/76, 7740, 8406/76, 9400/14/47/9/58, 9795. Stock Shed Yard: 1361/4, 1410/33/54, 4644, 5920, 6158, 6336, 7410/3, 7761, 8473. Triangle: 1366, 2227, 3799, 4170, 4287, 4587, 4978, 5207, 5519, 6425, 6864, 6979, 7704/76, 8457. Works Yard: 1014/25, 1625/9, 2207, 2516, 4099, 4701, 4902/15/81/5, 5025, 6003, 6131, 6945/53/61, 7000/20, 7325, 7775/94, 7902, 8454, 9481, 9701/49, 18000, 78000/8, L.T.E. L91. 'A' Shop: D604, D800/9/11/8/20/66-70, D1000-5, D2187-92, D3000/27, D3182, D6301/3/5, 7, 1017, 3806, 4073/4, 4128/31/48, 4274, 4574, 4919/24/7/30/5/54, 5008/19/27/9/32/68/71, 5900/23/72/85/6, 6023/7/9, 6122/44/7, 6368, 6822/51, 6917/29/36/51, 7033, 7908, 15100/4, 70024, 82032/9, 92232. Dump: 1601/2/10/20/59, 2813/9/32, 4550/9/94, 5331/91, 5510/4, 6333/52, 6775, 8419, 9462. 'C' Shop: 1616/44, 2846, 4281, 6382. SLS/196104

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
18/10/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5985, name: MOSTYN HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Westbury (WES)    
16/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Truro (83F)    
28/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
14/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
19/04/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
15/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
06/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
13/09/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5985    
06/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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