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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6988 on 17/03/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1948 SWITHLAND HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class Modified Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 366
To Service Mon 17/03/1948
Withdrawal Mon 21/09/1964
Service Life 16 yrs, 6 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 17/03/1948
PDN   Old Oak Common 4w/e 10/07/1948
WEY   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 07/08/1948
83D   Laira 4w/e 30/01/1954
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 06/11/1954
83D   Laira 4w/e 21/05/1955
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/10/1959
82D   Westbury 4w/e 28/09/1963
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW WEY Weymouth Radipole (GWR) m/e 31/03/1948
ALLOC PDN Old Oak Common 4w/e 10/07/1948
ALLOC WEY Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 07/08/1948
ALLOC 83D Laira 5w/e 30/01/1954
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 21/05/1955
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/10/1959
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 29/09/1963
WDN   3w/e 05/10/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March included: Nos. 1006/16, 1434, 1861, 2943/44, 3015, 3803/53/60, 4012/16/23/26/30/35/77/90/94, 4803, 4941/98, 5006/09/25/59/68/80/97, 5339/50/78, 5901/07/48/83, 6011/13/19/22, 6318/20/22/65, 6903/20/23/42/51, 7001, 9089 an 9302. New work: Nos. 6986-89 and 0-6-0 Diesel-electric No. 15101, the latter with cast brass number plates and 'British Railways' on the sides; also numbers in 3' letters in the centre of the buffer beams. W.D. Nos. 77060/145/280/335, 79244 (all ex repair in Belgium) and 78624 arrived in the Works on 23/3 from Marston sidings. W.D. Nos. 77027 an 77165 are ex Works with G.W. type top feed and Wakefield lubricator. Works' pilots recently have been and are Nos. 198, 250, 410, 1713 an 2781; 905 ceased to work on these duties W/E 13/3 and has gone for scrapping. No. 1358 was in the Works W/E 13/3 for scrapping, while No. 3004 was cut up in the same week. No. 6022 LA went on the test plant on 18/3 for several days and is now being prepared to go to the L.N.E.R. Engines ex Works are now emerging without the prefix W. SLS/194805
18/05/1963 Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) Works (In 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
17/03/1948 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6988
Built at Swindon Works 		   
10/07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (PDN)    
07/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (WEY)    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
21/05/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
21/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6988    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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