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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5307 m/e 01/1917
Great Western Railway (1st Renum) 8307 m/e 01/1928
Great Western Railway (2nd Renum) 5307 on 01/08/1944 (at Swindon Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
43xx01/1917
83xx (2-6-0)01/1928
43xx (2-6-0)08/1944
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 205
Works Number 2679
To Service During 01/1917
Withdrawal Mon 26/11/1956
Service Life 39 yrs, 10 mths , 26 dys
Total Mileage 1,306,679

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 26/01/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1917
194   Stafford Road on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TN   Taunton 4w/e 13/08/1949
CDF   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 03/12/1949
84B   Oxley 4w/e 17/10/1950
84B   Oxley 4w/e 31/10/1950
84C   Banbury 4w/e 14/06/1952
84C   Banbury 6w/e 30/06/1952
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 01/11/1952
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 27/02/1954
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 22/05/1954
     Withdrawn on 26/11/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TN Taunton 4w/e 13/08/1949
ALLOC CDF Cardiff Canton 4w/e 03/12/1949
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 14/06/1952
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 27/02/1954
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 22/05/1954
WDN   m/e 30/11/1956

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1946 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1949 Swindon Works New Work January: Nos. 6996 Blackwell Hall (RDG (4/1)), 6997 Bryn-Ivor Hall (17/1), 6998 Burton Agnes Hall (28/1); 6769 BRY (6/1). Locomotives entering Works 30/12/48 to 28/1/49: These included Nos. p24 (Petrol), 213/46 (Both acting as Works' pilots), 1007/08/19, 1369, 1426/29, 2016 (open cab), 2235/64/94, 2445, 2807/59, 2843, 2942/79/87, 3020/44, 3631/33, 3751, 3811/57 (damaged), 3818/28/55, 4017/41/46/53/59/74/78/79/86, 4122/37, 4225/82,, 4507/10/50/94, 4601, 4801 (Ex-Carriage Stock Shed-for conversion to coal-burning), 4912/15/21/35/58, 5014/27/29/49/57/61/92/93, 5108/34, 5225, 5307/33/48/58, 5502/05/12/31/53/72, 5909/49/61/97 , 6013/23/29, 6104/38/58/66, 6304/07/32/34/59/81, 6432, 6640, 6802/03/64/65/69, 6967, 7412, 7731/62/66/86/87, 7805, 8724/26, 9604/11/53, 9732/53/69, W.D. 77049 (badly damaged), 79279, 79309. Condemned: Nos. *1538, *1713, 2717 (all to Concentration Yard), 1889/97, 2767 (open cab), 2935, 3049, 3446/48, 4320. *After acting as Works' pilot.
Further locomotives painted black and fully lined, include Nos. 4900, 5997, 6930/39, while No. 2166 came out black and unlined-with the original boiler again. No. 3020 has had a heavy repair (with a change of boiler), fitted with a smokebox numberplate, but not re-painted
SLS/194903

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1917 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5307
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2679
   
01/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 8307    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
01/08/1944 Renumbered Renumbered to 5307    
07/1946 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
13/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (TN)    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
27/02/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
26/11/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 5307    
26/01/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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