Menu

Quick Search

Enter locomotive number in the box below and press 'Go'!

Content is coming here as you probably can see. Content is coming here as you probably can see.


?

In Touch

Donations

Counter

Ad Visitor Statistics
» 19 Online
» 3431 Today
» 4163 Yesterday
» 16837 Week
» 69853 Month
» 189380 Year
» 3216233 Total
Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
(Free MySQL Counter)
prev
Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Pre Grouping 43 m/e 04/1914
Great Western Railway (1st) 1113 y/e 1924
Great Western Railway (2nd) 428 m/e 31/10/1947

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Dunbar
Class Unclassified
Company History BMJR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
To Service During 04/1914
Withdrawal Fri 11/08/1950
Service Life 36 yrs, 4 mths , 11 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1914
PILL   Newport Pill on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 11/08/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SED Swansea East Dock 4w/e 01/11/1947
ALLOC DYD Duffryn Yard 4w/e 27/12/1947
WDN DYD Duffryn Yard m/e 31/08/1950

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
08/10/1950 Swindon Works On the occasion of the visit on 8/10/50, interesting engines were 7925 Westol Hall (83G), 6770, 9429 (RSH.7566/50), 8464 (YEC.2457/50), 7926 (not painted), 7924 Thornycroft Hall; new construction included 7927-7929 an 6771 onwards. The stock shed contained 5 Portishead, 992, 1366/69/71, 2014/7, 2195, 2754, 2894/5, 3453, 3645, 3666, 3866, 4055, 4901/25/56, 5068, 5084, 5086, 5523, 5534, 5700, 5924, 6102/7, 6716, 6915, 6924, 7037 (no name), 7923 Speke Hall; there were two new tanks in the running shed, 8422 an 9428 (RSH.7565/50). On the dump were 46, 281, 294, 422, 428, 1747, 1919, 1949, 1989, 2006, 2022, 2047, 2064, 2716, 2794, 3386, and S. & M. 'Coal Engines' 8108 (8182 & 8236 partly dismantled). It is reported that 8463 (0-6-0T) has no works plate, and that 9427 is RSH. 7564/50, but it may not be generally known that the makers' plates are fixed only to the left side leading splashers on these engines. SLS/195012

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1914 To Service To service as BMR Number 43
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 1113    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newport Pill (PILL)    
31/10/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 428    
11/08/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 428    

prev