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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6134 m/e 10/1932

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 61xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 278
To Service During 10/1932
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 33 yrs, 3 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1932
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
DID   Didcot 4w/e 31/12/1949
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 03/10/1953
84D   Leamington 4w/e 30/11/1957
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 25/01/1958
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 22/03/1958
81C   Southall 2w/e 10/01/1965
81F   Oxford 6w/e 19/09/1965
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC DID Didcot 4w/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 81C Southall 5w/e 04/01/1965
ALLOC 81F Oxford 5w/e 19/09/1965
WDN   7w/e 16/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1422/53, 2053, 2230/33, 2414, 2805/10/25, 2915/30/34/35, 3421, 3610, 3709, 3824/48/58, 4017/19/50/89/92/99, 4248/57, 4500/24/50/74/75, 4706, 4906/09/37/63/64, 5037,91/95, 5314, 5900/06124/30/41/60/64/81, 6009/21/26, 6119/24/34/51/62/68, 6313/56/72/98, 6806/63, 6918, 7003, 7321, W.D. 77000, 78607, 79283/288. W.D. No. 77060/145/280/335, 78624 an 79244 have had their tenders removed and were taken to the stock shed on 25/3, where they are now stored. Works' pilots have been: Nos. 198, 1713/53, 2781 an 15102 PDN. New Work 30/4: 15102 PDN (being run in as Works' pilot); 6990; 9662 NPT, 9663 TN, 9664 NPT, 9665, 9666 NEA; 7008 being nearly complete. Engines condemned during April included: Nos. 302 an 3408 SLS/194806
24/03/1963 Wolverhampton Works (Works) Works: 1020 (82B), 1024 (82A), 2879 (82C), 4130/7, 4158 (84E), 4278, 4671, 5070 (81A), 5215, 5606, 6114 (86E), 6134, 6347 (87F), 6424, 6667, 6833/71, 6911, 7000 (85B), 8446 (88C), 9619, 9782. Yard: 1424 (85B), 6900 (82C), 6910. SLS/196304
15/05/1963 Derby Works (Works) Erecting Shop-No. 1 bay: 41535, 42098 cut up, 44466, 44521, 47003, 73021/86, 75064, D102, D2236, D2396, D2509, D2911, D3023, ED6/7; Erecting Shop-No. 2 bay: D63, D88, D110, D5019, D5074; Erecting Shop-No. 3 bay: D5198, D5210-23new. Diesel Erecting Shop: D43, D85, D89, D95, D103/9/26/8, D140/9, D152/4, D5091. Test House: D71, D83, D124, D5002/86, D5145, D5205/6/7. Finishing Shop: D94, D119, D5208/9. Paint Shop: D5203/4. Yard (by Paint Shop): 42117 cut up, D4, D6, D7, D77, D127, D5010/93, D5200. Foundry Siding: 42100, 42429/72, 42500, 43599, 73001/67, 75012. Stone Pit: 42333, 42636 (badly damaged after falling into t.t. pit at Derby, 24th April), 44252, 47460. Stored Outside Offices: 10000/201/2/3. Waiting Works: 73032. SLS/196304
18/05/1963 Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) Works (Ex Works) In Works1424, 3607(84G), 3763, 4132/55, 4278, 4646/80, 5263, 5938/75, 6690(88J), 6900/04/16/60/88, 7210, 9790/4. Waiting Works: L92 (ex-5786), 2896, 4255, 6648. Ex Works: 8400, 6134. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1932 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6134
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
31/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (DID)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
30/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Leamington (84D)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
10/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
19/09/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6134    
06/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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