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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8714 m/e 03/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 6694
To Service During 03/1931
Withdrawal Fri 27/11/1964
Service Life 33 yrs, 8 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1931
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/11/1956
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 23/02/1957
82D   Westbury 4w/e 12/08/1961
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 02/12/1961
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 11/08/1962
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 09/02/1963
82E   Bristol Barrow Road 6w/e 12/10/1964
     Withdrawn on 27/11/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/11/1956
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 23/02/1957
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 12/08/1961
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 02/12/1961
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 11/08/1962
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 09/02/1963
WDN   w/e 15/06/1964
REINS 87A Neath (Court Sart) 2w/e 29/06/1964
WDN   3w/e 19/12/1964
WDN   5w/e 04/01/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8714
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 6694
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
03/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
12/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
02/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
11/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
09/02/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Barrow Road (82E)    
27/11/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 8714    
04/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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