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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6967 on 15/08/1944

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1946 WILLESLEY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class Modified Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 350
To Service Fri 15/08/1944
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 21 yrs, 4 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 15/08/1944
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83D   Laira m/e 31/01/1951
83D   Laira 4w/e 28/02/1951
84B   Oxley m/e 31/10/1951
82A   Bristol Bath Road 8w/e 03/11/1951
82C   Swindon 4w/e 03/10/1953
82F   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 29/12/1956
82C   Swindon 4w/e 23/02/1957
81C   Southall 4w/e 04/10/1958
81F   Oxford 4w/e 30/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83D Laira m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 84B Oxley m/e 31/10/1951
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 8w/e 03/11/1951
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 82F Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 29/12/1956
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 23/02/1957
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 30/11/1963
WDN   7w/e 16/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1949 Swindon Works New Work January: Nos. 6996 Blackwell Hall (RDG (4/1)), 6997 Bryn-Ivor Hall (17/1), 6998 Burton Agnes Hall (28/1); 6769 BRY (6/1). Locomotives entering Works 30/12/48 to 28/1/49: These included Nos. p24 (Petrol), 213/46 (Both acting as Works' pilots), 1007/08/19, 1369, 1426/29, 2016 (open cab), 2235/64/94, 2445, 2807/59, 2843, 2942/79/87, 3020/44, 3631/33, 3751, 3811/57 (damaged), 3818/28/55, 4017/41/46/53/59/74/78/79/86, 4122/37, 4225/82,, 4507/10/50/94, 4601, 4801 (Ex-Carriage Stock Shed-for conversion to coal-burning), 4912/15/21/35/58, 5014/27/29/49/57/61/92/93, 5108/34, 5225, 5307/33/48/58, 5502/05/12/31/53/72, 5909/49/61/97 , 6013/23/29, 6104/38/58/66, 6304/07/32/34/59/81, 6432, 6640, 6802/03/64/65/69, 6967, 7412, 7731/62/66/86/87, 7805, 8724/26, 9604/11/53, 9732/53/69, W.D. 77049 (badly damaged), 79279, 79309. Condemned: Nos. *1538, *1713, 2717 (all to Concentration Yard), 1889/97, 2767 (open cab), 2935, 3049, 3446/48, 4320. *After acting as Works' pilot.
Further locomotives painted black and fully lined, include Nos. 4900, 5997, 6930/39, while No. 2166 came out black and unlined-with the original boiler again. No. 3020 has had a heavy repair (with a change of boiler), fitted with a smokebox numberplate, but not re-painted
SLS/194903
04/03/1962 Swindon Works (Works Yard) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
15/08/1944 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6967
Built at Swindon Works
   
01/1946 Naming Named 'WILLESLEY HALL'    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
31/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
03/11/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
29/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (82F)    
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
30/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6967    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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