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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4617 on 23/04/1942

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 330
To Service Tue 23/04/1942
Withdrawal Tue 22/10/1963
Service Life 21 yrs, 5 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1964 at Arnott Young (Avonmour Ironworks, Bilston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 23/04/1942
SLO   Slough 4w/e 29/12/1945
SLO   Slough on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84K   Chester West 4w/e 20/05/1950
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 04/11/1950
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 30/11/1950
89A   Shrewsbury 4w/e 24/03/1962
     Withdrawn on 22/10/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84K Chester West 4w/e 20/05/1950
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 89A Shrewsbury 4w/e 24/03/1962
WDN   w/e 26/10/1963
WDN   5w/e 02/11/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during October, 1945: 2184, 2206, 2530/41, 2638, 2805/14/72/3/82/8, 2915/33/46, 3025/36, 3656, 3810/3/66, 4016/7/32/40/4154/618/96, 4517/51/64/80, 4603/17/41/53/65, 4704, 4818/31/6, 4925/9/47, 5065/84, 5208/37, 5312/56/81, 5422, 5508/22/66/72, 5718/23, 5902/21/4/8/9/64 6000/6/9/24, 6116, 6378/9, 6437, 6732/9, 6955, 7214, 7719/26/40, 8741/6, 9304/17, 9702/64. L.M.S. 8402/6/14. L.N.E. K3 17. SLS/194602
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
23/04/1942 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4617
Built at Swindon Works 		   
29/12/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (SLO)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Slough (SLO)    
20/05/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
24/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (89A)    
22/10/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 4617    
02/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Avonmour Ironworks, Bilston    

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