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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5968 on 25/03/1937

Names Carried
Date From Name
25/03/1937 CORY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 304
To Service Thu 25/03/1937
Withdrawal Thu 27/09/1962
Service Life 25 yrs, 6 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 25/03/1937
WEY   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83D   Laira m/e 31/01/1951
83D   Laira 4w/e 28/02/1951
84K   Chester West m/e 31/10/1951
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 21/04/1956
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 04/11/1961
     Withdrawn on 27/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC WEY Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 25/01/1947
ALLOC 83D Laira m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 84K Chester West m/e 31/10/1951
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 21/04/1956
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 04/11/1961
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. 1903, 2031, 2808/89, 2924/36/37/54, 3827, 4021/22/32/51/80/89/91/96, 4386, 4938/40/92, 5010/21/23, 5158, 5258, 5317/36/74, 5526/48/59/65, 5914/68, 6001/11/25/29, 6369/89, 6426, 6807/71, 6900/06/27/29, 7007, 7301/15, 77028, 77429 an 78714. New work (May): Nos. 7008 OXF, 7009 LDR (the latter is fitted with smokebox number plate); D.E. 15103/04 PDN; 9667-70. No. 7010 is nearly ready (28/5) and is painted pea green, as also is No. 4089, which is undergoing a general repair. Nos. 6009/26 have been painted royal blue and lined out in grey, yellow and red. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 1713, 2730/49/81, 3561 and D.E. 15103/04. Locomotives condemned include: Nos. 3391, 2980 an 2988. SLS/194807

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
25/03/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5968, name: CORY HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (WEY)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
31/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
21/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
04/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
27/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5968    
04/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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