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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2829 m/e 02/1907

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 160
Works Number 2166
To Service During 02/1907
Withdrawal Fri 13/02/1959
Service Life 52 yrs , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1907
STJ   Severn Tunnel Junction on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 28/01/1956
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 14/06/1958
     Withdrawn on 13/02/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 28/01/1956
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 14/06/1958
WDN   m/e 28/02/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos 1003, 1338, 1436/49, 1782, 2135, 2816/18/29/57/85/95, 2920/40, 3802, 4031/34/83, 4805, 4908/16/52/99. 5013/16/17/26/43/51/54/72/83, 5341/53/71/79, 5411, 5908/54/72/87/99, 6007/16, 6300/01/05/16, 6400, W.D. 77325, 77407, 79266. New work (June): Nos. 7010 OXF, 7012 NYA, 7013 PDN are all painted pea green and lined out in red, cream and grey, while No. 7014 is being painted G.W. green-they are all fitted with smokebox number plates. No. 6910 has been painted black and lined out in red, cream and grey -a smokebox number plate has been fitted, while No. 7007 has had the G.W. coat of arms transfer placed on each middle splasher. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 and D.E. 15105 PDN. Nos. 1196 an 1197 were noted cut-up in the concentration yard, early in the month. Locomotives painted in the new livery, apart from new construction include: Nos. 4091, 5010/21 (green) and No. 6025 (blue); it is under-stood that No. 6001 has also been painted blue. All locomotives in the new livery have smokebox number plates, the actual figures being in brass. No. 7009, although in G.W.R. livery, has a smokebox number plate, as has No. 6022. SLS/194808
23/07/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) 'A' Shop: D602/4, D805/11/28/70, D1000-11, D2137, D2372-9, D3257, D3431, D3744, D6306/11/9, 13186, 13264/5, 15100/2, 2829, 3817/43, 4090, 4922/8/56/78, 5000/1/31/49/60, 5306/51, 5903/4/36/9/67, 6000/4/7, 6363/95, 6871, 6919/46/59/86/97/8, 7020, 7209/15/21/2, 7826, 82031, 92226/34. Works Yard: D804/15/23/41/51/2, D2188/9/94, 1604/34/47, 2516, 3667/70, 3822/41, 4003, 4203, 4916/98, 5015/80/1, 5103/10/76/7/95, 5336, 5949, 6027, 6349, 6831, 6969, 7745/56/75/98, 8789/98, 9400/14, 9749, 78001/8. 92215/45. Triangle: 6021, 9736/67. Dump: 1361/2/4/6, 1419/33, 3657/76, 3724, 6426, 7700/61, 8429, 8705/22/40/77/96, 9735/62/71/81. 'C' Shop: 8457 intact, Outside 'C' Shop: 5771, 8726 being cut up. SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1907 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2829
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2166
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ)    
28/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
02/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
13/02/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 2829    

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