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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4555 m/e 09/1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 226
To Service During 09/1924
Withdrawal Mon 02/12/1963
Service Life 39 yrs, 3 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1924
CHEL   Cheltenham Malvern Road 4w/e 16/11/1935
MCH   Machynlleth on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82D   Westbury 4w/e 05/10/1957
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 05/09/1959
83E   St Blazey 4w/e 24/03/1962
83D   Laira 4w/e 19/05/1962
     Withdrawn on 02/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 05/09/1959
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 24/03/1962
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 19/05/1962
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

* 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
16/02/1958 Frome On Sunday, 16th February, the allocation here was 3614, 3735, 4606/36/47, 4555, 7748 an 9615. SLS/195803
28/01/1962 Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works 1017(89A), 1639, 1650, 3200, 3622, 3631, 3831, 4154, 4270(88A), 4555(83A), 4645, 4663, 4946(89A), 5254(87B), 5658, 5957(81F), 6125, 6137, 6326, 6976/9, 7248, 7329, 7439, 8753(81C), 9612/23/46, 82041, 92227(88A). Works Yard: 2287(89C), D3028, D3979. Waiting Works: 3708(86G), 4179(84A), 4608(81C), 6150(81F), 6972(82B), 6992(85A), 75024(84E). SLS/196203
15/12/1963 Swindon Works (Yard) Triangle: 3653, 8425, 9425. Yard: D1060, D7092, 2818, 3668/71/6, 4111, 4555, 4690, 4987, 6000/10/25, 6159, 6831/48/9/50/9/61, 6922, 8738, 9645, 76037/76/81. Dump: 3706, 5201, 5787, 6011, 6151, 6618/31/74, 6724, 8103, 8461/91, 8791, 9401. 'A' Shop: D812/9/24/34/5/45/61, D1006/8/16/26/7/8/9/36/40/3/5/9/65, D3031, D3515/7/97, D3603/6/7, D6328, D7003/12/26/35/58, 4113/76, 5691, 6141/3, 6866, 6976/98, 7808/12/20/6, 7928, 9600/66, 73053/93, 76041, 92003. Ex-Works: 6858. Stored on Shed: 1006/27, 3842, 4631, 4924/96, 5017, 5357, 5814, 5904/43, 9604. SLS/196401

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1924 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4555
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Cheltenham Malvern Road (CHEL)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Machynlleth (MCH)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
24/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
02/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 4555    

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