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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2820 m/e 12/1905

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 155
Works Number 2124
To Service During 12/1905
Withdrawal Mon 17/11/1958
Service Life 52 yrs, 11 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 24/01/1959 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1905
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81E   Didcot 4w/e 24/04/1954
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 22/05/1954
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 06/10/1956
     Withdrawn on 17/11/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 24/04/1954
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 06/10/1956
WDN   m/e 30/11/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2820
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2124
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
24/04/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
06/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
17/11/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 2820    
24/01/1959 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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