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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6942 on 22/08/1942

Names Carried
Date From Name
04/1948 ESHTON HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 340
To Service Mon 22/08/1942
Withdrawal Mon 14/12/1964
Service Life 22 yrs, 3 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 22/08/1942
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 29/01/1949
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 04/11/1950
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 30/11/1950
84B   Oxley 4w/e 02/12/1950
84B   Oxley 4w/e 31/12/1950
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 10/09/1955
83E   St Blazey 4w/e 29/12/1956
84K   Chester West 8w/e 20/04/1957
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 06/09/1958
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 01/11/1958
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 27/07/1963
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/12/1963
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 7w/e 22/06/1964
     Withdrawn on 14/12/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 29/01/1949
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 02/12/1950
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 10/09/1955
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 29/12/1956
ALLOC 84K Chester West 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 06/09/1958
LOAN 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 06/09/1958
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region m/e 30/09/1958
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 27/07/1963
TOSTORE   4w/e 29/09/1963
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 31/12/1963
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 3w/e 29/06/1964
WDN   3w/e 19/12/1964
WDN   5w/e 04/01/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March included: Nos. 1006/16, 1434, 1861, 2943/44, 3015, 3803/53/60, 4012/16/23/26/30/35/77/90/94, 4803, 4941/98, 5006/09/25/59/68/80/97, 5339/50/78, 5901/07/48/83, 6011/13/19/22, 6318/20/22/65, 6903/20/23/42/51, 7001, 9089 an 9302. New work: Nos. 6986-89 and 0-6-0 Diesel-electric No. 15101, the latter with cast brass number plates and 'British Railways' on the sides; also numbers in 3' letters in the centre of the buffer beams. W.D. Nos. 77060/145/280/335, 79244 (all ex repair in Belgium) and 78624 arrived in the Works on 23/3 from Marston sidings. W.D. Nos. 77027 an 77165 are ex Works with G.W. type top feed and Wakefield lubricator. Works' pilots recently have been and are Nos. 198, 250, 410, 1713 an 2781; 905 ceased to work on these duties W/E 13/3 and has gone for scrapping. No. 1358 was in the Works W/E 13/3 for scrapping, while No. 3004 was cut up in the same week. No. 6022 LA went on the test plant on 18/3 for several days and is now being prepared to go to the L.N.E.R. Engines ex Works are now emerging without the prefix W. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
22/08/1942 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6942
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
04/1948 Naming Named 'ESHTON HALL'    
29/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
10/09/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
29/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
01/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
14/12/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6942    
04/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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