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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3031   03/1894

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1894 ACHILLES

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Achilles
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-2-2
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 94
Works Number 1391
To Service During 03/1894
Withdrawal During 07/1912
Service Life 18 yrs, 4 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1894
     Withdrawn m/e 07/1912
85A   Worcester 4w/e 01/11/1952

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 21/02/1953
WDN   m/e 31/05/1956

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1949 Swindon Works (entering Works) New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1894 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3031, name: ACHILLES
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1391
   
07/1912 Withdrawn Condemned as 3031    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    

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