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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 823 m/e 09/1902

Locomotive Specifics
Class W_L
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
W_L09/1902
Wheels 0-6-0T
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
To Service During 09/1902
Withdrawal Fri 27/07/1962
Service Life 59 yrs, 10 mths , 26 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1902
OSY   Oswestry on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 27/07/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 31/07/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Preservation
Current Status Unknown
Status Date 17/09/2018


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1947 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during December included: Nos. 111, 823, 1007, 1017, 1760, 2280, 2830, 2873, 2902, 2940, 3810, 3856, 4013, 4036, 4062, 4702, 4705, 4854, 4946, 4947, 5024, 5072, 5073, 5092, 5939, 5966, 6310, 6312, 6329, 6350, 6374, 6397, 6866, 6901, 6921, 6938, 6948, 7001 and W.D. 77429. Works' pilots recently have been: Nos. 242, 905, 1713, 2781 an 3561. W.D. No. 73291 was ex Works on 11/12, having been fitted with G.W. top feed clacks and a Wakefield lubricator; the Westinghouse brake had been removed. No. 3215 has been fitted with a repaired R.O.D. tender and was ex Works on 12/12. SLS/194802
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
07/09/1958 Oswestry Works In the Works on 7th September-822 an 823 (stored), and 1503, 4602, 6646, 46515 (under repair). At the shed, the standard 75xxx have been exchanged for Manors from Chester. SLS/195810
23/04/1961 Oswestry Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: 822 (receiving repairs and newly fitted with (i) Beyer Peacock Works Plate dated 1902 but without works number, and (ii) Plate indicating W & L No. 1.), 823, 1013, 1619, 5774, 6342, 8498, 9017, 46512. SLS/196106
08/04/1962 Oswestry Works 823, 1438, 3213, 3789, 7413, 7819, 46520. SLS/196205

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1902 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 823
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd.
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oswestry (OSY)    
27/07/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 823    

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