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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4539 m/e 05/1913

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 191
Works Number 2505
To Service During 05/1913
Withdrawal Tue 11/10/1955
Service Life 42 yrs, 5 mths , 11 dys
Total Mileage 748,890

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 03/12/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1913
BRD   Bristol Bath Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82F   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 25/03/1950
82A   Bristol Bath Road w/e 31/12/1950
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 31/01/1951
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 30/04/1951
     Withdrawn on 11/10/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82F Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 25/03/1950
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road w/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) m/e 30/04/1951
WDN   m/e 31/10/1955

* 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
31/05/1949 Swindon Works New Work May: Nos. 7018 Drysllwyn Castle (originally intended to have been named Cranbrook Castle) LDR (24/5), 7019 Fowey Castle BRD (27/5), *7020 Gloucester Castle (31/5); *9682 (6/5). *Not allocated. Nos. 7018-20 are painted dark green and lined. Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle and 7022 were nearly complete on 2/6; while on the same day No. 1500 had the motion, wheels, boiler and cab erected, No. 1501 cylinders, etc., erected, No. 1502 frames only and Nos. 7023/24 frames and cylinders only. Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. p23 (Petrol), 100A1, 1017, 1419/43, 2061 (closed cab), 2212/14/61/91, 2568, 2800/03/24/76/78/90, 3010/32, 3102/64/74, 3815/24/35, 4052/58/73/82, 4224, 4377, 4516/28/39, 4676, 4805/11/55/57 (for re-conversion to coal-burning), 4903/13/33/67/91/94, 5003/09/36/43/46/60/66/93/98, 5142, 5325/62, 5406, 5503/07/43/51, 5755/75/77, 5925/34/75/82, 6000/10/11/14, 6162/63 (both fitted with deconcentrating gear), 6346/57/62/73, 6710/16/24/31, 6823/40/61/68/73, 6931/36/43, 7222, 7321, 7704/90/94, 7806/07, 8701/41, 9613, 9700/10, 70836, 90357, 1299. Condemned: Nos. 277, 2756/89 (all acting as Works pilots), 30, 280 (still retains original boiler and has round topped tanks), 3400/43, 3577 (open cab), 5117. Nos. 6105/30 have had the footsteps set further inwards. No. E1299 failed here with a hot box on 11/5, after having worked the Grimsby fish train. Nos. 2863 (ex 4805) and 2853 (ex 4810) have been re-converted to coal-burning. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1015, 4949/86 an 5973. Nos. 1015, 5074 and 6936 have received tenders with the new crest. Lining: Commencing with No. 5069 (ex Works 12/5), all locomotives painted dark green or black and fully lined are having the cylinders lined out with two red I' vertical bands at both ends. In addition No. 5069 also had the cleating bands lined, but subsequent locomotives (including No. 7018) have not had this done. SLS/194907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1913 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4539
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2505
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
25/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (82F)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
30/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
11/10/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 4539    
03/12/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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