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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8764 on 26/10/1933

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 282
To Service Mon 26/10/1933
Withdrawal Mon 21/05/1962
Service Life 28 yrs, 6 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 26/10/1933
SHL   Southall on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 22/04/1950
88C   Barry 4w/e 26/03/1960
     Withdrawn on 21/05/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 22/04/1950
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 26/03/1960
WDN   m/e 31/05/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during July included: Nos 1367, 1446, 2165, 2229/36, 2385, 2809/84/98, 3778, 3832/40/59, 4075/82, 4519/28/73/85, 4698, 4965/77/88, 5077, 5191, 5261, 5306, 5403, 5805, 5904/15/43, 6157, 6343/78, 6439, 6637, 6702, 6818/25/33/46/55, 7006, 7218, 7318, 7727, 7812, 8764/87, 9312/17, 9706/81;
New work: Nos. 7014 BRD and 7015 SDN, both are painted G.W.R. green, as is No. 7016; the construction Of Nos. 4160-79 and 7430-39 is under way. During W/E 24/7 Nos. 5023, 6009 an 6910 were ex Works after having been in for the new British Railways' crest to be placed on the tenders, while during W/E 31/7 No. 5954 was ex general repair, having been painted black and lined out in red, cream and grey together with the new crest on the tender. During W/E 14/8 Nos. 7016 Chester Castle CDF and 7430 STB were completed; No. 8393 also entered Works during this week.
It is understood that the next batch of 'Castle's' (Nos. 7018-27) has been cancelled. Works' pilots lately have been and are: Nos. 906, 1758, 1900 an 2751; The following locomotives came in for cutting-up during W/E 24/7: Nos. 2680, 3002/27, 4386, 5127 an 5349
SLS/194809

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
26/10/1933 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8764
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Southall (SHL)    
22/04/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
26/03/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
21/05/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 8764    
01/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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