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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4545 m/e 12/1914

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 201
Works Number 2602
To Service During 12/1914
Withdrawal Mon 08/09/1958
Service Life 43 yrs, 9 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 01/11/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1914
la   Moorswater 4w/e 16/11/1935
LA   Laira 4w/e 14/12/1935
PZ   Penzance 4w/e 26/01/1946
PZ   Penzance on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 08/09/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PZ Penzance m/e 28/02/1946
WDN   m/e 30/09/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/10/1950 Penzance Early in October the allocation at Ponsandane was made up of one 'County' (1004), one 'Castle' (4090), nine 2-6-2T (4500, 4509, 4525, 4537, 4540, 4545, 4548, 4566, 4574), five 'Halls' (4946, 4965, 5915, 5969, 6911), one 2-6-0 (6318), ten 'Granges' (6800/1/6/8/9, 6817, 6825/6, 6838, 6869), one 'Manor' (7806) and two 0-6-OT (8409, 9717). 9717 shunts the goods yard and 8409 the station, but when 8409 was being washed-out, 2097 (83F) was borrowed; the latter was complete with emblem and red ground to numberplates. Engines from St. Blazey work in on certain trains where engines are changed at Par, and Truro and Laira engines have regular workings. The Plymouth train due at 11.50 a.m. has a Newton Abbot engine with a Laira crew, the engine and men returning on the 1.20 p.m. London Express. The first arrival is the 5.30 a.m. Kensington Empty Milk Vans, which has a Laira engine: this returns light or on seasonal traffic as ordered. Some turns are worked alternately by Laira and Penzance: such an example is the 7.10 parcels ex North Road, then 4.20 Penzance-Plymouth, and 8.9 p.m. Plymouth-Penzance, due 10.45 p.m. SLS/195101

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1914 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4545
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2602
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Moorswater (la)    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (LA)    
26/01/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (PZ)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Penzance (PZ)    
08/09/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 4545    
01/11/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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