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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6106 m/e 05/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 61xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 269
To Service During 05/1931
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 34 yrs, 8 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1931
PZ   Penzance 4w/e 16/11/1935
DID   Didcot 4w/e 14/12/1935
SLO   Slough on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81F   Oxford 4w/e 05/09/1953
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 09/03/1963
82C   Swindon 4w/e 25/01/1964
85A   Worcester 4w/e 20/07/1964
82C   Swindon 5w/e 24/08/1964
81E   Didcot w/e 08/11/1964
81C   Southall 2w/e 10/01/1965
81F   Oxford 6w/e 19/09/1965
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 05/09/1953
TOSTORE   4w/e 09/02/1963
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 09/03/1963
TOSTORE   4w/e 29/06/1963
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 27/01/1964
ALLOC 85A Worcester 3w/e 20/07/1964
ALLOC 82C Swindon 3w/e 10/08/1964
ALLOC 81E Didcot 3w/e 02/11/1964
ALLOC 81C Southall 5w/e 04/01/1965
ALLOC 81F Oxford 5w/e 19/09/1965
WDN   7w/e 16/01/1966

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Preservation
Current Status Unknown


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
26/04/1964 Swindon Works (Works Yard) Works Yard: D3508, D3811, 1024, 1447, 1666, 2818, 3721, 4652, 4923, 6106, 6147, 6871, 6915, 6952, 7812, 8102, 8732, 8738, 9425, 9431, 9484, 9486, 9743, 9752, 42961, 42978, 42983, 43001, 43115, 43132, 73003, 73021. A Shop: D812, D831, D846, D1004, D1005, D1013, D1027, D1035, D1041, D848, D1043, D1058, D1065, D1067, D3421, D3808, D3816, D3823, D3828, D3831, D7026, D7029, D7064, D7071, D7080, D9500, D9501, D9502, D9503, D9504, D9505, D9506, D9057 motors mounted, D9508, D9509, D9510, D9511 frames only, 4144, 7019, 7915, 8486, 42954, 42958, 43002, 43044, 43056, 43075, 43090, 43109, 73053, 73066, 76077, 76081, 92225. C Shop: 6025. Dump: 1650, 4706, 5057, 6010, 6603, 6680, 6824, 9420, 9603, 47623. SLS/196406

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6106
Built at Swindon Works 		   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (PZ)    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (DID)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Slough (SLO)    
05/09/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
20/07/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
24/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
08/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
10/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
19/09/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6106    

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