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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7921 on 12/09/1950

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1950 EDSTONE HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class Modified Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 376
To Service Mon 12/09/1950
Withdrawal Mon 16/12/1963
Service Life 13 yrs, 3 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 12/09/1950
84K   Chester West 4w/e 17/10/1950
84K   Chester West 4w/e 31/10/1950
85C   Hereford 4w/e 31/10/1953
84K   Chester West 4w/e 26/12/1953
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 06/09/1958
83D   Laira 4w/e 11/07/1959
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 08/10/1960
     Withdrawn on 16/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 30/09/1950
ALLOC 84K Chester West 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 85C Hereford 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 84K Chester West 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 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 83D Laira 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 05/10/1960
WDN   4w/e 31/12/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
17/09/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) 'A' Shop: D604, D816/7/21/3/5/43/70, D3431, D6306/8/21, 2866, 3852, 4003/79/81/7/9, D1000-11, D2379-83, 4117, 4707, 4904/26/33/43/66/79/92/8, 5018/38/74/92, 5208, 5380, 6021/6, 6808/16/25/32/4/40, 6948, 7018/28, 7219, 7825, 7905/21, 13115/84/6, 13259/65, 92215/26. Works Sidings: D820, D2086, D2143/4, D2378, D7000, 1009, 3670, 3839/59, 4100, 4917/8/83, 5000/78, 5951/98, 6014/6/9/27, 6964/87/96, 7200, 7756/75, 7909, 8721, 9400, 9749, 73027, 78008, 92241/5. Triangle: 1640, 5087, 5198, 5516, 5934/75, 8762/72/87, 9751, 13355. Dump: 1361/6, 1433, 1604, 5318, 6720, 7745/98, 8429, 8740/74/7/89, 9735/6/67. 'C' Shop: 4203, 5110/95. Outside Stock Shed: D806, D4025, D6303, 4948, 5815, 6900. Weigh House : Nil. Outside Weigh House: D801. Gasworks : Nil. SLS/196111

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/09/1950 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7921
Built at Swindon Works
   
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
31/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (85C)    
26/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (84K)    
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
11/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
08/10/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
16/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 7921    
08/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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