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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (1st) 4874 on 23/04/1936
Great Western Railway (2nd) 1474 on 09/11/1946 (at Oswestry)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 14xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-4-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 287
To Service Mon 23/04/1936 to Brecon (BCN)
Withdrawal Mon 28/09/1964
Service Life 28 yrs, 5 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
BCN   Brecon (New) on 23/04/1936
MCH   Machynlleth on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81C   Southall 4w/e 08/09/1951
81C   Southall 4w/e 30/09/1951
71G   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 3w/e 13/10/1958
81D   Reading (W.R.) w/e 05/04/1960
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 23/04/1960
81C   Southall 4w/e 21/05/1960
81B   Slough 4w/e 28/01/1961
81C   Southall 4w/e 17/06/1961
81B   Slough 4w/e 16/06/1962
85C   Gloucester Barnwood 5w/e 31/08/1963
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 28/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 71G Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 2w/e 13/10/1958
ALLOC 91S To Southern Region m/e 31/10/1958
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 23/04/1960
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR on 24/04/1960
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR m/e 30/04/1960
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 21/05/1960
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 28/01/1961
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 17/06/1961
ALLOC 81B Slough m/e 30/06/1962
ALLOC 85C Gloucester Barnwood 5w/e 31/08/1963
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
23/04/1936 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4874
Built at Swindon Works
   
09/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1474    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Machynlleth (MCH)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
30/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
13/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (71G)    
05/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
23/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
21/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
28/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
16/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
31/08/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Barnwood (85C)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
28/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 1474    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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