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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5157 on 24/03/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 5101
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 257
To Service Mon 24/03/1930 to Stourbridge Junction (STB)
Withdrawal Mon 28/07/1958
Service Life 28 yrs, 4 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 04/10/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
STB   Stourbridge Junction (New) on 24/03/1930
NA   Newton Abbot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83B   Taunton 8w/e 11/07/1953
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/12/1956
     Withdrawn on 28/07/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/12/1956
WDN   m/e 31/07/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
24/03/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5157
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newton Abbot (NA)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
01/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
28/07/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 5157    
04/10/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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