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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6956 on 28/03/1943

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1947 MOTTRAM HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 340
To Service Fri 28/03/1943
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 22 yrs, 9 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 28/03/1943
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 02/12/1950
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 31/12/1950
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 24/01/1953
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 27/03/1954
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 29/11/1958
81F   Oxford 4w/e 25/02/1961
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 17/06/1961
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 07/10/1961
81F   Oxford 4w/e 11/07/1965
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 02/12/1950
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 24/01/1953
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 27/03/1954
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 25/02/1961
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 17/06/1961
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 11/07/1965
WDN   7w/e 16/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during December included the following: 100, 1943, 2132, 2792, 2809, 2825, 2837, 2840, 2844, 2851, 2891, 2912, 2955, 2980, 2989, 3016, 3026, 3040, 3804, 3829, 3838, 3865, 4025, 4038, 4059, 4080, 4704, 4950, 4955, 5001, 5023, 5039, 5060, 5063, 5079, 5083, 5085, 5349, 5374, 5376, 5380, 5926, 5956, 5961, 6009, 6029, 6333, 6354, 6929, 6933, 6935, 6956, 7320, and W.D. 77001. Works' pilots during the same period have included: 200, 207, 242, 1731, 1732, 1761, 2723, and 2773. Practically all 57XX going through the works are now receiving a top-feed boiler. Locos. noted recently so altered are: 3766, 6709, 8711, 8753, and 8780 NEA (the latter was seen at Paddington on 28/12, working empty stock!). 5083 Bath Abbey ('Castle') is an oil burner with large tender having different shape fuel tanks. New 'Counties' reported are: 1020 (SRD), 1021 (PDN), and 1022 (LA) SLS/194702
29/02/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during February included:- Nos. 1013-15 1943, 1995, 2903, 2933, 2945, 2955, 3004, 3816, 3863, 4020, 4043, 4079, 4098, 4904, 4939, 4944, 4956, 5018, 5035, 5053, 5062, 5090, 5324, 5337, 5381, 5927, 5953, 5982, 6015, 6020, 6025, 6366, 6866, 6934, 6956, 7002, 7212, 7214, 7300, W.D. 77027, 77184, 79279, 79301 an 79309. Further locomotives ex works with prefix W and plain tanks or tenders included Nos. 823, 1433, 1441, 2288, 2951, while No. 6000 has the prefix and 'British Railways' on the tender SLS/194804
09/12/1962 Cardiff East Dock MPD There is no diesel locomotive whatever here and CED is now a full main line shed for the first time in its life ! This must be unique in railway history and the steam phase is expected to last two years as Canton is being demolished completely to make way for a diesel shed and main diesel depot for S. Wales. On 9th December, 1962, the following were on shed-1613, 2875/97, 3662, 3782/4, 3804/10, 4090, 4242/72/82, 5043/74/81/97, 5220/4/5/9, 5749, 6606/37/81, 6813/32/75/6, 6918/32/45/56/72/7/87/95, 7016, 7913, 8425/97, 9426/37, 9629, 92003/236/44/6. SLS/196302
15/12/1963 Worcester Works 1000, 2232, 4978, 6956, 7002, 41535. In store at shed: 3207, 5022, 7023/31. Great Bridge: (5930 and 7007 were removed to Great Bridge for scrap on 5th December). SLS/196401

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
28/03/1943 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6956
Built at Swindon Works
   
01/1947 Naming Named 'MOTTRAM HALL'    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
24/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
27/03/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
29/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
25/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
11/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6956    
06/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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