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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2802 m/e 09/1905

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 153
Works Number 2097
To Service During 09/1905
Withdrawal Mon 08/12/1958 off Didcot (81E)
Service Life 53 yrs, 3 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 21/03/1959 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1905
PPRD   Pontypool Road 4w/e 07/09/1946
PPRD   Pontypool Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81E   Didcot 4w/e 17/05/1958
     Withdrawn on 08/12/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 17/05/1958
WDN   m/e 31/12/1958

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2802
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2097
   
07/09/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
08/12/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 2802 from Didcot (81E)    
21/03/1959 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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