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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8770 on 01/01/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 282
To Service Wed 01/01/1934
Withdrawal Wed 12/12/1962
Service Life 28 yrs, 11 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 01/01/1934
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81B   Slough 4w/e 13/08/1960
81C   Southall 4w/e 25/03/1961
     Withdrawn on 12/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 13/08/1960
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 25/03/1961
WDN   on 12/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604
17/03/1963 Swindon Works (Dump) Triangle: 4612, 4915, 5027/95, 5931, 6112, 8472. Works Yard: 3769/84, 4082, 5072/78, 5659, 6011/18/25/26, 6369, 6815, 6933, 7314, 8773/76, 9725, D6352. Weigh House: 6944, 7822. 'C' Shop: W.D. 71528. Dump: 2883, 4939, 5023, 6101, 6342/48, 6422, 6962, 8770, 9652, 9727/44/47/59/75, 7334. Dismantling Shed: 5020. 'A' Shop: D35, D101, D809, D813/18, D825/29, D1001/7/11/35. D1018-27 new - in various stages of oonstruction, D3189, D3365/98, D3424, D3505/06/22/25, D4000, D6311, D7002/32/38, 3687, 3755, 3836, 4623/73/77, 5006, 5775, 6855, 6918/22/61/72, 7919/25/28, 8109, 8433/81, 9437, 9648/66/80, 15100/05. Stock Shed: D7072 New. On Running Shed: 6000. Ex Works: 3837, 6819/78, 7913, 8459, 9405. SLS/196304
24/04/1963 Derby MPD (Dump) 42636 was badly damaged when it fell into the pit at Derby on 24th April. It is now on works undergoing assessment. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/01/1934 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8770
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
13/08/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
25/03/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
12/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 8770    
07/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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