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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4044 m/e 05/1913

Names Carried
Date From Name
05/1913 PRINCE GEORGE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class Star
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 195
Works Number 2539
To Service During 05/1913
Withdrawal Tue 17/02/1953 off Shrewsbury (84G)
Service Life 39 yrs, 9 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 18/04/1953 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1913
SALOP   Shrewsbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
BRD   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 30/10/1948
SALOP   Shrewsbury 4w/e 27/11/1948
     Withdrawn on 17/02/1953

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BRD Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC SALOP Shrewsbury 4w/e 27/11/1948
WDN   m/e 28/02/1953

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1946 'Elbow' pattern outside steam pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during September included: Nos. 1000/25, 1430/40/61, 1957/91, 2144/81/88/94, 2224/46/71, 2827/38/42/72/77/82, 2948, 3617, 3861/64/66, 3904/55, 4000/37/44/58/88, 4128, 4280, 4407, 4509/32/37/40/50, 4639, 4704, 4804, 4973/75/78, 5011/57/71/79, 5153/56, 5207, 5369/75, 5510/54/74, 5718/33/61, 5903/34/51/62/69/84, 6005/06/12, 6133, 6337/40/75/93, 6406/30, 6801/47, 6905/16/52/70, 7004/05/17, 7306/09, 7402/22, 7800/18, 8722/37/39, 9612, 9730.
New work; September: Nos. 7435 (-), 7436 (OXF), 7437 (WOS), 7438 (DG) (completed 5/10); 4160 (-). 4161 (BRY), 4162 (-), 4163 (BRY) and 4164 (DYD), nearly completed. Works' pilots have been Nos. 212, 1713, 1900 an 2764.
Outside the Works and awaiting scrapping are the following:-Nos. 1730, 2643/80, 2734/46/51, 3002/06/27, 3165/84, 3440, 5127, 5343/49 an 9006. In addition, Nos. 2709, 2928, 3005 an 3395 came in for scrapping at the beginning of October. All locomotives receiving a general repair (except express passenger locomotives) are now coming out painted plain black with the exception of No. 5156, which was fully lined, but without 'British Railways' on the tank sides. The majority of locomotives are now receiving smokebox number-plates.
No. 7017 was ex. Works on 22/9 after light repairs and is now running without nameplates
SLS/194811

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1913 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4044, name: PRINCE GEORGE
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2539
   
10/1946 Modification Modification: 'Elbow' pattern outside steam pipes fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (SALOP)    
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (SALOP)    
17/02/1953 Withdrawn Condemned as 4044 from Shrewsbury (84G)    
18/04/1953 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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