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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6858 on 01/12/1937

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/12/1937 WOOLSTON GRANGE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Grange
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 308
To Service Sat 01/12/1937
Withdrawal w/e Sat 09/10/1965
Service Life 27 yrs, 10 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966 at Cohens (Kingsbury)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 01/12/1937
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 30/10/1948
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 27/11/1948
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 09/10/1954
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 16/07/1955
83D   Laira 4w/e 31/12/1955
81F   Oxford 4w/e 04/10/1958
83G   Penzance 4w/e 27/02/1960
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 23/04/1960
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 21/05/1960
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 16/07/1960
84B   Oxley 4w/e 06/10/1962
2A   Tyseley w/e 05/06/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 09/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 27/11/1948
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 09/10/1954
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 23/04/1960
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 21/05/1960
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 16/07/1960
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 2A Tyseley 5w/e 12/06/1965
WDN   w/e 09/10/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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
15/12/1963 Swindon Works (Ex-Works) 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
01/12/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6858, name: WOOLSTON GRANGE
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
31/12/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
27/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
23/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
21/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
16/07/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
05/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (2A)    
09/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6858    
02/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Kingsbury    

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