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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (1st) 4842 on 05/04/1935
Great Western Railway (2nd) 1442 on 02/11/1946 (at Slough)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 14xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-4-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 288
To Service Fri 05/04/1935
Withdrawal Fri 07/05/1965
Service Life 30 yrs, 1 mth , 2 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 05/04/1935
shl   Staines 4w/e 16/11/1935
rdg   Wallingford 4w/e 14/12/1935
SLO   Slough on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81F   Oxford m/e 28/02/1951
81F   Oxford 4w/e 31/03/1951
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 03/10/1953
81F   Oxford 4w/e 26/12/1953
82D   Westbury 4w/e 03/11/1962
83C   Exeter 2w/e 17/11/1962
83E   Yeovil Town 4w/e 02/11/1963
83B   Taunton 4w/e 28/12/1963
83E   Yeovil Town 6w/e 12/10/1964
83D   Exmouth Junction 2w/e 21/02/1965
     Withdrawn on 07/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81F Oxford m/e 28/02/1951
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 03/11/1962
ALLOC 83C Exeter 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 83E Yeovil Town 5w/e 02/11/1963
TOSTORE   on 26/11/1963
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 31/12/1963
ALLOC 83E Yeovil Town 3w/e 05/10/1964
ALLOC 83D Exmouth Junction 2w/e 21/02/1965
TOSTORE   5w/e 12/04/1965
WDN   5w/e 16/05/1965

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Preservation
Current Status Unknown


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1947 Swindon Works Scrapyard On 2/4 the following were in the concentration yard awaiting scrapping: 1161, 1719, 1737, 1748, 1751, 1761, 1786, 1788, 1875, 1898, 2041, 2315, 2381, 2395, 2406, 2700, 2701, 2705, 2710, 2732; 2740, 2741, 2742, 2753, 2759, 2765, 3568, 3573, 3581; whilst the following were being cut-up: 1442, 1585, 1624, 1831, 2711, 3152 an 3166. SLS/194706
23/04/1961 Wolverhampton Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: 1442/72, 1503, 2204, 3788, 3816, 4101/14, 4635, 4938, 5322, 5920, 6130, 6608/15, 7244/53, 7413/24/37, 7828, 9412/84/98, 9657, 9746, 82033. Works Yard: 3711/49, 4168/687, 6126, 6839, 8437, 9792, 73037, 75021, 92004. SLS/196106
07/10/1963 Yeovil 4507 was withdrawn 7th October-the last engine to be built at Wolverhampton Stafford Rd. Works; 1451 has taken over the Town/Junc. push and pull working (GW coaches) from 5410. 1442 is spare engine but in very poor condition. SLS/196311
26/11/1963 Yeovil MPD 0-6-0PTs GWR6400/12/30/5 are now allocated and GWR1442/51 have been placed in store from 26th November. SLS/196401
03/10/1965 Swindon Works (Erecting shop) Erecting shop: D811/2/3/29/58/65/70, D1003/6/20/51/5, D1589, D1742, D2141, D3034/5/91, D3108/80, D3258, D3743/4/56, D3847, D3954, D4118, D6304/10/7/35, D7000/9/23, D9500/54/5. WD 878 (350 h.p. shunter). 1442 for restoration. Weigh shop area: D603, D863, D1013/53, D2569; Triangle: D3998, 8459; Turntable area: D3953, D9521; Dump: 2818, 6412, 9425/57. Cutting up, shop: 8405 remains. SLS/196511

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/04/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4842
Built at Swindon Works 		   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Staines (shl)    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Wallingford (rdg)    
02/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1442    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Slough (SLO)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
26/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
03/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (83C)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Yeovil Town (83E)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Yeovil Town (83E)    
21/02/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (83D)    
07/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 1442    

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