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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7024 on 30/06/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
30/06/1949 POWIS CASTLE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Castle
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 367
To Service Sat 30/06/1949 to Old Oak Common (PDN)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 13/02/1965 off Oxley (2B)
Service Life 15 yrs, 7 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
Hawksworth 4,000g 4066 30/06/1949 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2876 02/01/1953 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2404 03/09/1954 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2389 08/02/1956 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2847 05/11/1957 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2553 04/03/1959 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2889 10/09/1960 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2909 28/01/1961 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 4013 05/12/1962 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
PDN   Old Oak Common (New) on 30/06/1949
84A   Stafford Road on 18/08/1961
2B   Oxley on 09/09/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 13/02/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 30/06/1949
1STALLOC PDN Old Oak Common m/e 31/07/1949
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 09/09/1961
ALLOC 84B St Blazey 5w/e 07/09/1963
WDN   w/e 13/02/1965

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/03/1951 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7615)
02/01/1953 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7614)
08/02/1956 Diagram HD boiler fitted (number 7661)
04/03/1959 Double Chimney fitted
04/03/1959 Diagram HD boiler fitted (number 7667)
20/10/1960 Diagram HD boiler fitted (number 7695)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Swindon Works 26/01/1951 01/03/1951 35 days Heavy Intermediate Boiler number 7615 (Diagram HC)
93977
Swindon Works 21/12/1952 02/01/1953 13 days Heavy General Boiler number 7614 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 2876 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
198080
Swindon Works 22/07/1954 03/09/1954 44 days Heavy Intermediate Tender number 2404 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
296228
Swindon Works 15/12/1955 08/02/1956 56 days Heavy General Boiler number 7661 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2389 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
373936
Swindon Works 14/09/1957 05/11/1957 53 days Heavy Intermediate Tender number 2847 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
477413
Swindon Works 02/01/1959 04/03/1959 62 days Heavy Intermediate Boiler number 7667 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2553 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
Double Chimney fitted
546287
Swindon Works 08/09/1960 20/10/1960 43 days Heavy General Boiler number 7695 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2889 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
631225
Swindon Works 05/10/1962 05/12/1962 62 days Heavy Intermediate Tender number 4013 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
707387

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1949 Swindon Works New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908
30/12/1962 Western Regionboundary changes The following former W.R. engines were transferred to the L.M. Region when the depots to which they are allocated became the responsibility of that Region on 1.1.63. The official date of the transfer is December 30th, 1962: D3004/25-9/34-9, D3105-13/5/6/91-4, D3752/5/7, D3950-2/6-8/68-70/73-85/8/95-7, 1002/13/6/9/23/5, 1432/58, 1619/28/32/8/60/3/8, 2210/1/36/89 2845/51/6/66/75/88, 3208/9/17, 3601/5/7/19/25/31/58/60/73, 3709/44/9/70/6/8/82/8/9/92, 3802/6/9/13/5/7/21/5/8/9/31/45/6/9/52/5/7/65, 4105/11/4/20/5/33/40/7-9/53-5/8/65/7/8/71-3/5/6/8/9, 4602/17/45/6/8/65/83/7/96, 4923/46/54/98, 5022/6/31/63/89, 5101/53, 5192, 5606/40/58, 5927/42/83/90/1/4/5, 6129, 6314/64, 6403/24, 6604/9-11/5/8/25/31/2/44/6/63/7/8/71/4/8/9/83/92/4/8, 6803/11/23/7/8/30/1/3/9/42/5/51/3-5/7/8/61/2/4/6/70/1/9, 6903/4/6/7/11/5/6/7/22/5/6/9/30/3/4/52/64/71/6/9/80, 7001/12/4/9/24/6, 7207/18/36, 7414/8/24/6/31/43. 7800-3/6/7/9/10/2/8/9/21-4/7/8, 7905/8/12/5/8/29, 8109, 8464/98, 8718, 9435/63/70/98, 9608/10/3/4/24/30/6/9/46/57/69, 9724/33/53/68/74/82/93, 41201-4/9/31/2/40/1/85, 44835, 45143/5/90, 45283/98, 45406/22, 45572/7, 45660/99, 46401, 46503-27, 48330/47/54/69/402/4/10/2/5/7/8/24/30/6/50/9/60/71/4/5/8, 48724/38/9/68, 73025 6/34-6/90/5/7, 75000/2-4/6/9/20/1/3/4/6/7/9, 78000/2/3/7/8, 80070/8-80/96/8/100/l/2/4/5/31/2/5/6, 82000/3/5/6/9/20/1/31-4, 92001, 92212/3/5/27/8/34/47. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
30/06/1949 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7024, name: POWIS CASTLE
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Old Oak Common (PDN)
Tender fitted: Hawksworth 4,000g
Diagram HC boiler fitted
   
26/01/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 26/01/1951. Dep: 01/03/1951.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7615 (Diagram HC)
   
21/12/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 21/12/1952. Dep: 02/01/1953.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7614 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 2876 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
22/07/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 22/07/1954. Dep: 03/09/1954.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2404 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
15/12/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 15/12/1955. Dep: 08/02/1956.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7661 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2389 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
14/09/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 14/09/1957. Dep: 05/11/1957.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2847 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
02/01/1959 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 02/01/1959. Dep: 04/03/1959.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7667 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2553 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
Double Chimney fitted
   
08/09/1960 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 08/09/1960. Dep: 20/10/1960.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7695 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2889 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
28/01/1961 Tender Tender fitted: Collett 4,000g number 2909    
18/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
05/10/1962 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 05/10/1962. Dep: 05/12/1962.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 4013 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
09/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (2B)    
13/02/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 7024 from Oxley (2B)    
05/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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