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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 9647 on 18/05/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 356
To Service Wed 18/05/1946 to Exeter (EXE)
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 19 yrs , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
EXE   Exeter (New) on 18/05/1946
EXE   Exeter on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83B   Taunton 4w/e 21/04/1951
83B   Taunton 3w/e 19/05/1951
83D   Exmouth Junction 6w/e 12/10/1964
83G   Templecombe (S&D) 4w/e 13/06/1965
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 83D Exmouth Junction 3w/e 14/09/1964
ALLOC 83G Templecombe (S&D) 4w/e 13/06/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/08/1962 Wolverhampton Works (In Works) In Works: 1020, 1630, 3615, 3721, 4636, 4697, 4703, 5181/4, 5564, 6160, 6614/8, 7739, 7816, 8104, 9422/70, 9613/24/6/47/65, 82008; Weigh house: 6156; Awaiting works: 3217, 4938/61, 5065, 5658, 7002, 7824, 9415. SLS/196209

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
18/05/1946 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 9647
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Exeter (EXE)
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exeter (EXE)    
21/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (83D)    
13/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Templecombe (S&D) (83G)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 9647    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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