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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (1st) 4848 on 25/04/1935
Great Western Railway (2nd) 1448 on 16/11/1946 (at Oxford)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 14xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-4-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 288
To Service Thu 25/04/1935
Withdrawal Thu 30/06/1960
Service Life 25 yrs, 2 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1960 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 25/04/1935
OXF   Oxford on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81B   Slough 4w/e 04/11/1950
81B   Slough 4w/e 30/11/1950
     Withdrawn on 30/06/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 04/11/1950
WDN   m/e 30/06/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1949 Swindon Works New Work April: Nos. *7903 Foremarke Hall (8/4), *7904 Fountains Hall (14/4), 7905 Fowey Hall LA (28/4); 9678 NA (1/4), 9679 CED (11/4), 9680 TYS (22/4), 9681 TDU (29/4). *Not allocated. Nos. 7903- 05 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 9678-81 are plain black. Nos. 7018 Cranbrook Castle and 7019 were nearly complete on 9/5 and the frames and cylinders for the first of the 15XX were in position for drilling. No. 4971 TN has been re-converted to coal-burning.
Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1003/15, 1418/48, 2014 (open cab), 2154 (open cab), 2213/34/65/73, 2812/50/55/61, 2908/12/42/50, 3011, 3666/86, 3737, 3846. 4051/75/88/94, 4138, 4267, 4500, 4663/89, 4805 (for re-conversion), 4908/15/22/41/49/86, 5016/44/54/56/69/74/84/89, 5311/53/60/82, 5523/39/55/74, 5800, 5970/73, 6018/28, 6351/63/67/93, 6812/16/41/48/60, 7236, 7749/53, 8703/43. Condemned: Nos. 47, 1758, 3592 (all to Concentration Yard), No. 277 (acting as Works' pilot). No. 3175 has been cut up in 'A' Shop. Nos. 6100/01/03/59 have had the footsteps set further inwards, to enable them to work on the Reading-Redhill line. No. 155 ex Works, has been fitted with a copper-capped parallel chimney replacing the tapered cast-iron one formerly carried. No. 3033, ex Works, now carries the frames, cylinders and cab sides of No. 3005 (condemned) and the boiler of No. 3033. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include: Nos. 1003, 5931, 6907/33; Nos. 4003/07/49 are painted dark green and fully lined. The contents of the Stock Shed on 3/5 were:-Nos. 2948, 4124/68/69, 4914, 5153, 5411, 5919, 6915/19/97/8/9 an 7902.
SLS/194906

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
25/04/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4848
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1448    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxford (OXF)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
30/06/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 1448    
10/1960 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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