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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7728 m/e 12/1929

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 23924
To Service During 12/1929
Withdrawal Tue 10/05/1960
Service Life 30 yrs, 5 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1929
WES   Westbury 4w/e 16/11/1935
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82D   Westbury 4w/e 05/10/1957
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 30/11/1957
     Withdrawn on 10/05/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 30/11/1957
WDN   on 10/05/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1949 Swindon Works (entering Works) New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7728
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 23924
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (WES)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
30/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
10/05/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 7728    
11/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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