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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5161 on 15/11/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 5101
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 259
To Service Thu 15/11/1930 to Banbury (BAN)
Withdrawal Thu 25/04/1957
Service Life 26 yrs, 5 mths , 10 dys
Total Mileage 664,420

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 15/06/1957 at Locomotive Works (Stafford Road, Wolverhampton)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
BAN   Banbury (New) on 15/11/1930
LMTN   Leamington on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83G   Penzance m/e 16/06/1956
84D   Leamington 4w/e 14/07/1956
     Withdrawn on 25/04/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 84D Leamington 4w/e 14/07/1956
WDN   m/e 30/04/1957

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
15/11/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5161
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Leamington (LMTN)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
14/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Leamington (84D)    
25/04/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 5161    
15/06/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Stafford Road, Wolverhampton    

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