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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4530 m/e 04/1913

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 191
Works Number 2496
To Service During 04/1913
Withdrawal Thu 17/03/1955
Service Life 41 yrs, 11 mths , 14 dys
Total Mileage 1,058,505

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 23/04/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1913
EXE   Exeter on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 17/06/1950
83B   Taunton w/e 31/12/1950
83B   Taunton 4w/e 31/01/1951
83D   Laira 4w/e 30/04/1951
     Withdrawn on 17/03/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 83B Taunton w/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 83D Laira m/e 30/04/1951
WDN   m/e 31/03/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1913 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4530
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2496
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exeter (EXE)    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
30/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
17/03/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 4530    
23/04/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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