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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3126 m/e 06/1905
Great Western Railway (51xx) 5126 m/e 08/1929
Great Western Railway (81xx) 8105 m/e 04/1939

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 3100/5100
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
310006/1905
5100 (2-6-2T)08/1929
8100 (2-6-2T)01/04/1939
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 152
Works Number 2091
To Service During 06/1905
Withdrawal Thu 20/06/1957
Service Life 52 yrs , 20 dys
Total Mileage 418,327
Information Mileage since rebuild to 81xx

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 07/09/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1905
brd   Weston-super-Mare 4w/e 16/11/1935
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
BRD   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 04/09/1948
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 14/10/1948
SPM   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 10/09/1949
BRD   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 05/11/1949
85A   Worcester 4w/e 01/12/1951
85A   Worcester 4w/e 31/12/1951
     Withdrawn on 20/06/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BRD Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh on 14/10/1948
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 10/09/1949
ALLOC BRD Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 01/12/1951
WDN   m/e 30/06/1957

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1911 Superheated boiler fitted


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3126
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2091
   
07/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
08/1929 Renumbered Renumbered to 5126    
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Weston-super-Mare (brd)    
04/1939 Renumbered Renumbered to 8105    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
14/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
10/09/1949 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
05/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
31/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
20/06/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 8105    
07/09/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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