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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6924 on 05/08/1941

Names Carried
Date From Name
05/1947 GRANTLEY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 340
To Service Tue 05/08/1941
Withdrawal Tue 26/10/1965
Service Life 24 yrs, 2 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 05/08/1941
SRD   Stafford Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84D   Leamington 4w/e 02/12/1950
84D   Leamington 4w/e 31/12/1950
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/11/1952
84B   Oxley 4w/e 21/03/1953
81F   Oxford 4w/e 21/05/1955
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 21/03/1959
81F   Oxford w/e 22/11/1964
     Withdrawn on 26/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84D Leamington 4w/e 02/12/1950
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 21/05/1955
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 81F Oxford 2w/e 28/11/1964
WDN   7w/e 07/11/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Swindon Works New Work March: Nos. *7901 Dodington Hall (23/3), *7902 Eaton Mascot Hall (31/3); 9675 MTHR 4/3), 9676 CYS (10/3), 9677 CED (17/3). *Not allocated. Locomotives entering Works 28/2/49 to 30/3/49: Nos. 1002/09, 1086 (re-numbered 1147), 1213 (re-numbered 9), 1415, 1758 SDN (condemned), 1894 NPT (condemned), 2011/12, 2226/40/92/99, 2724 CYS (condemned), 69, 2806/36/71/82/83, 2902/15/31/81/87, 3032/33/43, 3175, 3386, 3562 OXF (condemned), 3616/45/55/88, 3719/44/47, 3819/29, 3901/55 (both for re-conversion), 4000/03/07/13/49, 4213/37/60/70, 4527/35/38/58/65/69/98, 4624, 4703, 4806/51 (both for re-conversion), 4936/55, 5020/33/55/57/75/89/91/95, 5166, 5310/30/41/72/96, 5509/66, 5719/28/98, 5931/79/88, 6017/24/25/28, 6132/53, 6341/53, 6720/47, 6803/22/54, 6900/02/07/33/46/55/62/64, 7202/09, 7302, 7415, 7766/84, 8753, 9311, 9600, 9704/08 and Class '8' W.D. 77234 (re-numbered 90201). Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include:-Nos. 1002/28, 2947, 4990, 6917/24, while Nos. 4007/20 are painted green and also lined. Works' pilots recently have been:-Nos. *212/13/46 and **1900. *Condemned 7/48. **Condemned 4/48.
No. 3150 has been fitted with the curved front end frames and cylinders (outside steam pipes) of No. 3184 (condemned in 1948). The original frames of No. 3150 had a square front end and the cylinders had internal steam pipes. No. 2123 has been fitted with auto gear.		 SLS/194905
08/10/1950 Swindon Works On the occasion of the visit on 8/10/50, interesting engines were 7925 Westol Hall (83G), 6770, 9429 (RSH.7566/50), 8464 (YEC.2457/50), 7926 (not painted), 7924 Thornycroft Hall; new construction included 7927-7929 an 6771 onwards. The stock shed contained 5 Portishead, 992, 1366/69/71, 2014/7, 2195, 2754, 2894/5, 3453, 3645, 3666, 3866, 4055, 4901/25/56, 5068, 5084, 5086, 5523, 5534, 5700, 5924, 6102/7, 6716, 6915, 6924, 7037 (no name), 7923 Speke Hall; there were two new tanks in the running shed, 8422 an 9428 (RSH.7565/50). On the dump were 46, 281, 294, 422, 428, 1747, 1919, 1949, 1989, 2006, 2022, 2047, 2064, 2716, 2794, 3386, and S. & M. 'Coal Engines' 8108 (8182 & 8236 partly dismantled). It is reported that 8463 (0-6-0T) has no works plate, and that 9427 is RSH. 7564/50, but it may not be generally known that the makers' plates are fixed only to the left side leading splashers on these engines. SLS/195012

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/08/1941 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6924
Built at Swindon Works 		   
05/1947 Naming Named 'GRANTLEY HALL'    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stafford Road (SRD)    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Leamington (84D)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Leamington (84D)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
21/05/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
21/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
22/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
26/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6924    
02/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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