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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5338 m/e 01/1918
Great Western Railway (1st Renum) 8338 m/e 03/1928
Great Western Railway (2nd Renum) 5338 m/e 06/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
43xx01/1918
83xx (2-6-0)03/1928
43xx (2-6-0)06/1944
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 207
Works Number 2710
To Service During 01/1918
Withdrawal Mon 11/08/1958
Service Life 40 yrs, 7 mths , 11 dys

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1918
133   Newton Abbot on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
WEY   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82D   Westbury 4w/e 25/11/1953
     Withdrawn on 11/08/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 28/11/1953
WDN   m/e 31/08/1958

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1950 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March: 111, 1010, 2026/55, 2103, 2204/12/54, 2816/39/46/9, 2924/39/48/79, 3010/5/20, 3171, 3446, 3632, 3715/93 3855, 4012/33/5/55/79/82, 4136, 4365, 4565/70 4702, 4830/67, 4917/37/58/84/5, 5004/8/49/71/90, 5153/86/93, 5310/38/84/97, 5420, 5505/31/53, 5787,-5967/99, 6000/17/25/8, 6114/21/50/1, 6365/74/86/8 6417, 6916/8/41, 7312, 7713/32, 7802/10, 9721/60/3/80/7/90/6. Nameplates have been affixed to 1000/17-9, 6916/32/38/46/67. With the completion of 1019, there is a temporary halt in the programme of construction of '1000' Class locomotives and work is under way on new 'Castle' and 'Hall' Class locomotives. SLS/194606

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1918 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5338
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2710		    
03/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 8338    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
06/1944 Renumbered Renumbered to 5338    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (WEY)    
04/1950 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
25/11/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
11/08/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 5338    
04/10/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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