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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5942 on 28/02/1935

Names Carried
Date From Name
28/02/1935 DOLDOWLOD HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 290
To Service Mon 28/02/1935
Withdrawal Mon 02/12/1963
Service Life 28 yrs, 9 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1964 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 28/02/1935
SRD   Stafford Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84B   Oxley 4w/e 04/11/1950
84B   Oxley 4w/e 30/11/1950
81D   Reading (W.R.) 2w/e 12/07/1952
81F   Oxford 4w/e 03/10/1959
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 26/12/1959
84E   Tyseley w/e 22/06/1963
6D   Shrewsbury w/e 14/09/1963
     Withdrawn on 02/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 12/07/1952
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 03/10/1959
1STALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 26/12/1959
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 5w/e 06/07/1963
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963
WDN   w/e 14/12/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during July included:-Nos. 1019, 2532, 2841, 2852, 2931, 2936, 2939, 2943, 3831, 3862, 4032, 4074, 4083, 5005, 5030, 5357, 5936, 5942, 5990, 6317, 6345, 6360, 6395, W.D. 77294, 78542 and 78632. No. 2651 WOS was ex Works on 5/7. New engines reported seen are:-Nos. 4155 BRD, 4156 STJ and 6753-55 CV.BRY. - The following have received 'TF' boilers: Nos. 1410, 3790, 4630, 6405, 8756, and 9707. 'Austerity' Nos. 77000, 77443, 78510, 78512, 78521, and 79235 are all ex repairs in Belgium and painted black. The new 67XX are the same as the earlier ones, in that they are not fitted with screw couplings, train heating, vacuum brake or A.T.C. equipment. They are, however, fitted with 'TF' boilers. SLS/194709
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
28/02/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5942, name: DOLDOWLOD HALL
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stafford Road (SRD)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
26/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
14/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (6D)    
02/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5942    
06/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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