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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6123 m/e 10/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 61xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 269
To Service During 10/1931
Building Cost £4,160.00 (including £847 for the boiler)
Withdrawal Thu 05/04/1962
Service Life 30 yrs, 6 mths , 6 dys
Total Mileage 980,193

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 11/08/1962 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1931
SLO   Slough on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 13/08/1955
81B   Slough 4w/e 09/08/1958
81E   Didcot 4w/e 18/06/1960
     Withdrawn on 05/04/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 13/08/1955
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 09/08/1958
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 18/06/1960
WDN   m/e 30/04/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1950 Chessington Zoo excursions On 23rd and 30th August, 1950, through excursions were run from Maidenhead and/or High Wycombe to Chessington South, for the Zoo. Passengers were, of course, mostly juveniles. The route was via the West London Line, Clapham Jc., East Putney, Wimbledon and Motspur Park. The second of these was hauled to Kensington by 2-6-2T No. 6123, and thence by U.2-6-0 No. 31625. The load was nine coaches of W.R. stock, with more than half the seats occupied despite the mid-week date. Considerable amazement was caused by the passage of this train down the purely suburban electrified Chessington branch. SLS/195101
31/08/1950 Ramblers Excursions Several Sunday Special Ramblers' Excursions were run by the W.R. from Paddington last summer to Henley-on-Thames, Marlow, and Princes Risborough (where a special trip down the Watlington branch was made by the branch engine and single coach). One of the trips to Henley was a 12-coach train hauled by 2-6-0 No. 6360, which was unable to keep time with this heavy load. On an excursion to Marlow, 2-6-2T No. 6123 did much better with 9 coaches of 'Cornish Riviera' stock. The train-very crowded-had to be limited to nine coaches because of the reversal necessary at Bourne End, where the passing loop (used to run the engine round) would not allow a longer train. Ordinarily, the Bourne End-Marlow branch sees nothing more exciting than a single-coach train drawn by a 14xx 0-4-2T. The Princes Risborough train of ten coaches, hauled by 2-6-2T No. 6128, called at Ealing Broadway (as did the others) and thence got to the High Wycombe line via the West Ealing-Greenford loop. The load and gradients seemed too much for this engine to keep time on the down journey. SLS/195101

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6123
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Slough (SLO)    
13/08/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
09/08/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
05/04/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 6123    
11/08/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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