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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2532   06/1897

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Dean Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 108
Works Number 1573
To Service During 06/1897
Withdrawal Tue 11/05/1954
Service Life 56 yrs, 11 mths , 10 dys
Total Mileage 1,231,602

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 19/06/1954

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1897
RDG   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 26/01/1946
DID   Didcot 4w/e 20/04/1946
DID   Didcot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 11/05/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RDGw Reading (W.R.) m/e 28/02/1946
ALLOC DID Didcot 4w/e 20/04/1946
WDN   m/e 31/05/1954

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/1915 S2 boiler fitted
03/1920 B4 boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during July included:-Nos. 1019, 2532, 2841, 2852, 2931, 2936, 2939, 2943, 3831, 3862, 4032, 4074, 4083, 5005, 5030, 5357, 5936, 5942, 5990, 6317, 6345, 6360, 6395, W.D. 77294, 78542 and 78632. No. 2651 WOS was ex Works on 5/7. New engines reported seen are:-Nos. 4155 BRD, 4156 STJ and 6753-55 CV.BRY. - The following have received 'TF' boilers: Nos. 1410, 3790, 4630, 6405, 8756, and 9707. 'Austerity' Nos. 77000, 77443, 78510, 78512, 78521, and 79235 are all ex repairs in Belgium and painted black. The new 67XX are the same as the earlier ones, in that they are not fitted with screw couplings, train heating, vacuum brake or A.T.C. equipment. They are, however, fitted with 'TF' boilers. SLS/194709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1897 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2532
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1573
   
01/1915 Modification Modification: S2 boiler fitted    
03/1920 Modification Modification: B4 boiler fitted    
26/01/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
20/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (DID)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Didcot (DID)    
11/05/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 2532    
19/06/1954 Scrapped Scrapped    

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