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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2805 m/e 10/1905

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 153
Works Number 2100
To Service During 10/1905
Withdrawal Mon 30/05/1960
Service Life 54 yrs , 8 mths

Disposal
Scrapping w/e Sat 10/09/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1905
BAN   Banbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86B   Newport Pill 4w/e 21/04/1951
86B   Newport Pill 3w/e 19/05/1951
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 09/10/1954
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 04/10/1958
     Withdrawn on 30/05/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86B Newport Pill 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 09/10/1954
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 04/10/1958
WDN   m/e 31/05/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during October, 1945: 2184, 2206, 2530/41, 2638, 2805/14/72/3/82/8, 2915/33/46, 3025/36, 3656, 3810/3/66, 4016/7/32/40/4154/618/96, 4517/51/64/80, 4603/17/41/53/65, 4704, 4818/31/6, 4925/9/47, 5065/84, 5208/37, 5312/56/81, 5422, 5508/22/66/72, 5718/23, 5902/21/4/8/9/64 6000/6/9/24, 6116, 6378/9, 6437, 6732/9, 6955, 7214, 7719/26/40, 8741/6, 9304/17, 9702/64. L.M.S. 8402/6/14. L.N.E. K3 17. SLS/194602
30/04/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1422/53, 2053, 2230/33, 2414, 2805/10/25, 2915/30/34/35, 3421, 3610, 3709, 3824/48/58, 4017/19/50/89/92/99, 4248/57, 4500/24/50/74/75, 4706, 4906/09/37/63/64, 5037,91/95, 5314, 5900/06124/30/41/60/64/81, 6009/21/26, 6119/24/34/51/62/68, 6313/56/72/98, 6806/63, 6918, 7003, 7321, W.D. 77000, 78607, 79283/288. W.D. No. 77060/145/280/335, 78624 an 79244 have had their tenders removed and were taken to the stock shed on 25/3, where they are now stored. Works' pilots have been: Nos. 198, 1713/53, 2781 an 15102 PDN. New Work 30/4: 15102 PDN (being run in as Works' pilot); 6990; 9662 NPT, 9663 TN, 9664 NPT, 9665, 9666 NEA; 7008 being nearly complete. Engines condemned during April included: Nos. 302 an 3408 SLS/194806
09/08/1958 Cardiff Canton MPD - stored locomotives 2805/16/27, 90238/524. SLS/195810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2805
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2100
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Banbury (BAN)    
21/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (86B)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (86B)    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
30/05/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 2805    
10/09/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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