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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6923 on 24/07/1941

Names Carried
Date From Name
08/1946 CROXTETH HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 340
To Service Fri 24/07/1941
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 24 yrs, 5 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 24/07/1941
DID   Didcot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 04/11/1950
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 30/11/1950
81F   Oxford 4w/e 06/04/1963
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 06/04/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March included: Nos. 1006/16, 1434, 1861, 2943/44, 3015, 3803/53/60, 4012/16/23/26/30/35/77/90/94, 4803, 4941/98, 5006/09/25/59/68/80/97, 5339/50/78, 5901/07/48/83, 6011/13/19/22, 6318/20/22/65, 6903/20/23/42/51, 7001, 9089 an 9302. New work: Nos. 6986-89 and 0-6-0 Diesel-electric No. 15101, the latter with cast brass number plates and 'British Railways' on the sides; also numbers in 3' letters in the centre of the buffer beams. W.D. Nos. 77060/145/280/335, 79244 (all ex repair in Belgium) and 78624 arrived in the Works on 23/3 from Marston sidings. W.D. Nos. 77027 an 77165 are ex Works with G.W. type top feed and Wakefield lubricator. Works' pilots recently have been and are Nos. 198, 250, 410, 1713 an 2781; 905 ceased to work on these duties W/E 13/3 and has gone for scrapping. No. 1358 was in the Works W/E 13/3 for scrapping, while No. 3004 was cut up in the same week. No. 6022 LA went on the test plant on 18/3 for several days and is now being prepared to go to the L.N.E.R. Engines ex Works are now emerging without the prefix W. SLS/194805
27/10/1963 Swindon Works (Yard) Triangle: 3653, 4507, 4690, 9645. Yard: D829/50/69, D1056, 3652/68, 3766/9, 4082, 4113/76, 5093, 6000/11/25/26, 6763 6819/58/61, 6922/23/61, 7803/08, 8738, 9412/40, 9633, 9700/99. 'A' Shop: D833/4/45/61, D1000/1/7/25/6/8/36/40/54/63/7, D3102, D3510/1/2/9, D3599/604/809, D7039, 4121/50/61, 6116, 6820/35, 6864/66/72/6, 6947/59/80, 7922, 9605, 9673. Dump: 1471, 1608, 4134, 4629/51, 5201, 5645, 5787, 6416, 6609/31/9/74, 8491, 8791, 9401, 9636, 9764. SLS/196312

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
24/07/1941 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6923
Built at Swindon Works
   
08/1946 Naming Named 'CROXTETH HALL'    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Didcot (DID)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
06/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6923    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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