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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2815 m/e 11/1905

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 155
Works Number 2119
To Service During 11/1905
Withdrawal Mon 14/12/1959
Service Life 54 yrs, 1 mth , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1905
STJ   Severn Tunnel Junction on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/03/1950
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 08/09/1951
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 30/09/1951
81F   Oxford 4w/e 01/11/1952
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 8w/e 11/07/1953
     Withdrawn on 14/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/03/1950
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 11/07/1953
WDN   m/e 31/12/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1949 Swindon Works New Work August: Nos. 7025 Sudeley Castle PDN (2/8), 7026 Tenby Castle (15/8), 7027 Thornbury Castle LA (25/8); 1503 PDN (8/8), 1504 PDN (17/8), 1505 PDN (29/8). Nos. 7025-27 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1503-05 are unlined black. Contractor built: Nos. 8400 TYS, 8401 CDF, 8402 (W.G.B. 2912/49) PILL (26/8), 8450 (Y.E. Co. 2443/49) NPT (17/8). Nos. 8400-02/50 are unlined black. Condemned: Nos. 289 (original T.V. R/T boiler and curved top tanks), 1884 (closed cab), 1930 (open cab), 2902, 3182 an 3419. No. 6320 has been re-converted to coal-burning. Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. 1000/04/25, 1427/37, 2117 (closed cab), 2211/12/14/21/67, 2462, 2815/52/75/87, 3016/20, 3174/86, 3635/77, 3715/99, 3805/14/43, 4013/15/33/47/80, 4107/48/49/55, 4269/78, 4502/10/59/65/82/92/95, 4637/50/79/97, 4906/51/81, 5001/18/30/42/57/76/80/94/99, 5206, 5344/45/80, 5501/05/22/37/54, 5749, 5804, 5904/12/21/27/44/45/47/66, 6000/04/19, 6105/07/43/61, 6338/77, 6408/31, 6741, 6808/19/28/29/44, 6905/65, 7219/36, 7310, 7414, 7718, 7815/16, 7904, 8789, 9638 an 90712. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1005/12, 4901/23/50, 5912/18 an 6920. September: A batch of new Class '2' 2-6-2T's and Class '4' 2-6-0's is to be built here. They will be similar to existing L.M.S. designs, but will have modified G.W.R. boilers. The frames have already been cut for five of the 2-6-0's. SLS/194910

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2815
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2119
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ)    
25/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
30/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
12/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
14/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 2815    

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