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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6963 on 26/04/1944

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1947 THROWLEY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class Modified Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 350
To Service Wed 26/04/1944
Withdrawal Wed 21/07/1965
Service Life 21 yrs, 2 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
194   Stafford Road (New) on 26/04/1944
54   Chester West m/e 09/1944
134   Shrewsbury 4w/e 01/12/1945
SALOP   Shrewsbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84C   Banbury 4w/e 01/12/1951
84C   Banbury 4w/e 31/12/1951
84B   Oxley 4w/e 19/04/1952
84B   Oxley 3w/e 17/05/1952
84K   Chester West 2w/e 12/07/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 06/09/1958
87E   Landore 4w/e 31/10/1959
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 28/11/1959
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 31/12/1960
81D   Reading (W.R.) 3w/e 04/05/1964
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 27/12/1964
81E   Didcot 2w/e 10/01/1965
81F   Oxford 4w/e 11/07/1965
     Withdrawn on 21/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 01/12/1951
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 19/04/1952
ALLOC 84K Chester West 4w/e 12/07/1952
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 87E Landore 4w/e 31/10/1959
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 31/12/1960
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 3w/e 04/05/1964
ALLOC 81E Didcot 5w/e 04/01/1965
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 11/07/1965
WDN   4w/e 08/08/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
16/11/1946 Exeter MPD On 16/11, the following were observed on Exeter shed: 3018, 3395, 3451, 4954, 5051, 5321, 6421, 6957 and 6963; whilst L.M.S. 8.F 8409 and 8421 were on passing freight trains. 1449 and 1468 were working the Heathfield branch and 3335 and 6385 were station pilots. The 11.25 a.m. (G.W.) stopping train to Plymouth was worked by S.R. 21C118 SLS/194701

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
26/04/1944 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6963
Built at Swindon Works
   
09/1944 Allocation      
01/12/1945 Allocation      
01/1947 Naming Named 'THROWLEY HALL'    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (SALOP)    
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
31/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
08/06/1957 Report Report: On June 8 the 4.10 p.m. Paddington-Birkenhead left London with “°King" No. 6020 as pilot to "Hall" No. 6963. (Trains Illustrated - August, 1957)    
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
31/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
27/12/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
10/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
11/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
21/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6963    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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