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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6969 on 16/09/1944

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1947 WRAYSBURY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class Modified Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 350
To Service Sat 16/09/1944
Withdrawal Sat 20/02/1965
Service Life 20 yrs, 5 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 16/09/1944
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81E   Didcot 4w/e 22/02/1958
     Withdrawn on 20/02/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CDF Cardiff Canton 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 22/02/1958
WDN   2w/e 07/03/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during May included: 111, 1336, 1716, 1796, 2046, 2061, 2266, 2458, 2651, 2777, 2780, 2827, 2834, 2870, 2924, 2987, 3032, 3044, 3046, 3341, 3364, 3382, 3625, 3711, 3837, 3855, 4079, 4083, 4086, 4297, 4706, 4901, 4921, 4943, 4974, 4976, 4994, 4996, 5005, 5007,, 5029, 5044, 5050, 5092, 5322, 5326, 5392, 5937, 5963, 6117, 6342, 6383, 6906, 6929, 6955, 6964, 6969, 7210 and 9755. SLS/194708
28/05/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Gas Works: 4203, 5103/10/76, 9414. Stock Shed Yard: D817, D6319/21, 5815. Triangle: 1361/2/4, 1433, 1647, 3657/67/70/7, 3724, 5001, 6027, 6959, 8457, 8705, 9762. Works Yard: D804/38, D2144/88/91/6, D7000, 1029, 1501/2/9, 1604, 2516, 2884, 4090, 4950/72/8/85, 5022/97, 5949/58, 6004, 6937/62, 7007, 7221, 7304/40, 7761/75, 9400, 9749, 82031, 92226/45. Weigh House: D808, 4984. 'A' Shop: D602, D801/15/8/36/40/3/50/69/70, D1000-7, D2195/7-9, D2372-4, D3257, D6305/9, 3817, 4088, 4264/75, 4704, 4912/4/42/70/88/94, 5015/51/70/2/99, 5914/48/51/3/70/87, 6020, 6333/72, 6828/44/50, 6911/69/77/9, 7002/9/32/6, 7232/3, 13187, 13256/62, 15100/2, 82020/1, 92234. Dump: 1366, 1419/31/54/73, 2207/27, 3676, 5158/75/94, 5771/91, 6426, 7748, 8429, 8722/6/40/69/77, 9735/81. 'C' Shop: 5207, 8101. Field: 78001/8. SLS/196107
23/07/1961 Swindon Works (Works Yard) 'A' Shop: D602/4, D805/11/28/70, D1000-11, D2137, D2372-9, D3257, D3431, D3744, D6306/11/9, 13186, 13264/5, 15100/2, 2829, 3817/43, 4090, 4922/8/56/78, 5000/1/31/49/60, 5306/51, 5903/4/36/9/67, 6000/4/7, 6363/95, 6871, 6919/46/59/86/97/8, 7020, 7209/15/21/2, 7826, 82031, 92226/34. Works Yard: D804/15/23/41/51/2, D2188/9/94, 1604/34/47, 2516, 3667/70, 3822/41, 4003, 4203, 4916/98, 5015/80/1, 5103/10/76/7/95, 5336, 5949, 6027, 6349, 6831, 6969, 7745/56/75/98, 8789/98, 9400/14, 9749, 78001/8. 92215/45. Triangle: 6021, 9736/67. Dump: 1361/2/4/6, 1419/33, 3657/76, 3724, 6426, 7700/61, 8429, 8705/22/40/77/96, 9735/62/71/81. 'C' Shop: 8457 intact, Outside 'C' Shop: 5771, 8726 being cut up. SLS/196109
09/05/1965 Swindon Works (Dump) 'A' Shop: D603, D800/16/8/35/41/52/6/67, D0280, D2124/42, D3003, D3582/93, D3774, D3809/17/21/30/40, D3965, D4010, D6310/7, D7015/8/21/4/37/51, D9543-9554; Turntable area: 8405, 9425/57; Weigh shop: D854. Dump: 2818, 6412, 6969; 'C' Shop: 7910 remains of. SLS/196506

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
16/09/1944 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6969
Built at Swindon Works
   
06/1947 Naming Named 'WRAYSBURY HALL'    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
22/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
20/02/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6969    
05/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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