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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5811 on 09/08/1933

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 58xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-4-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 279
To Service Mon 09/08/1933
Withdrawal Mon 27/05/1957
Service Life 23 yrs, 9 mths , 18 dys
Total Mileage 443,593

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 15/06/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 09/08/1933
CNYD   Croes Newydd on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Stored on 09/07/1956
81F   Oxford (Reinstated) on 06/02/1957
     Withdrawn on 27/05/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 23/02/1957
WDN   m/e 31/05/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/08/1933 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5811
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Croes Newydd (CNYD)    
09/07/1956 To Store To Store    
06/02/1957 Reinstated Reinstated to Oxford (81F)    
27/05/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 5811    
15/06/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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