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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6848 on 22/10/1937

Names Carried
Date From Name
22/10/1937 TODDINGTON GRANGE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Grange
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 308
To Service Fri 22/10/1937
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 28 yrs, 2 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 22/10/1937
SRD   Stafford Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84B   Oxley 4w/e 26/01/1952
84B   Oxley 4w/e 29/02/1952
87F   Llanelli 2w/e 12/07/1952
83F   Truro 4w/e 27/02/1954
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 24/04/1954
83B   Taunton 8w/e 26/03/1955
83D   Laira 4w/e 28/01/1956
84C   Banbury 4w/e 22/03/1958
83D   Laira 4w/e 12/06/1958
81F   Oxford 4w/e 04/10/1958
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/11/1959
85A   Worcester 4w/e 25/01/1964
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 26/01/1952
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 12/07/1952
ALLOC 83F Truro 4w/e 27/02/1954
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 24/04/1954
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 26/03/1955
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 28/01/1956
ALLOC 8C Speke Junction 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 27/01/1964
ALLOC 81F Oxford 3w/e 27/11/1965
WDN   7w/e 16/01/1966

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

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
23/09/1956 Swindon Works On Works were noted the following : 92089, complete, no shed plate; 92088, 92090, almost complete, numbers chalked on; 6848 'Toddington Grange' painted green and lined out; 6029 just out, without double chimney; 316, 382, 399 being groken up. SLS/195611
15/12/1963 Swindon Works (Yard) Triangle: 3653, 8425, 9425. Yard: D1060, D7092, 2818, 3668/71/6, 4111, 4555, 4690, 4987, 6000/10/25, 6159, 6831/48/9/50/9/61, 6922, 8738, 9645, 76037/76/81. Dump: 3706, 5201, 5787, 6011, 6151, 6618/31/74, 6724, 8103, 8461/91, 8791, 9401. 'A' Shop: D812/9/24/34/5/45/61, D1006/8/16/26/7/8/9/36/40/3/5/9/65, D3031, D3515/7/97, D3603/6/7, D6328, D7003/12/26/35/58, 4113/76, 5691, 6141/3, 6866, 6976/98, 7808/12/20/6, 7928, 9600/66, 73053/93, 76041, 92003. Ex-Works: 6858. Stored on Shed: 1006/27, 3842, 4631, 4924/96, 5017, 5357, 5814, 5904/43, 9604. SLS/196401

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
22/10/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6848, name: TODDINGTON GRANGE
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stafford Road (SRD)    
26/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
29/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
27/02/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Truro (83F)    
24/04/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
26/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
28/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
12/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6848    
04/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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