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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2268 m/e 06/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 261
To Service During 06/1930
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/05/1965
Service Life 34 yrs, 11 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1930
TN   Taunton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82D   Westbury 4w/e 16/07/1955
6F   Machynlleth on 14/06/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 22/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region 3w/e 29/06/1964
ALLOC 6F Machynlleth 5w/e 11/07/1964
WDN   w/e 22/05/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/03/1962 Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 1011 (82B), 2287 (89C), 3622, 3677 (82B), 3692 (87B), 3708 (86G), 3833 (86A), 4122 (87H), 4179, 4696, 5774, 5901/77, 6110, 6125 (87H), 6137/50, 6326 (88A), 6972 (82B), 6974/6/92, 7200 (87F), 7236, 7804 (87G), 9623 (82B), 9782, 75024, 92227 (88A). Works Yard: 1451 (83C), 2268 (82D), 2856, 4140, 4608, 7807 (89D), 9633 (83C), D3037, D3977. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2268
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Taunton (TN)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
14/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (6F)    
22/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 2268    
02/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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