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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5332 m/e 11/1917
Great Western Railway (1st Renum) 8332 m/e 01/1928
Great Western Railway (2nd Renum) 5332 m/e 06/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
43xx11/1917
83xx (2-6-0)01/1928
43xx (2-6-0)06/1944
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 207
Works Number 2704
To Service During 11/1917
Withdrawal Mon 09/10/1961
Service Life 43 yrs, 11 mths , 8 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1917
114   Oxley on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
WLN   Wellington 4w/e 29/12/1945
WLN   Wellington on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
OXY   Oxley m/e 30/04/1948
84C   Banbury 4w/e 15/07/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 01/11/1958
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 05/11/1960
     Withdrawn on 09/10/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXY Oxley m/e 30/04/1948
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 15/07/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 05/11/1960
WDN   m/e 31/10/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1949 Swindon Works (entering Works) New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908
12/11/1961 Swindon Works (Dump) 'A' Shop: D603, D825/32/56, D1000-12, D2175-7, D2383/4, D3032, D6320, 1010/15/24, 2832, 4003/82/92/5, 4706, 4903/18/32/76/89, 5073/8/87/96/8, 5974/6, 6014/26/8, 6345, 6826/45, 6909/33/55/81, 7015/21/2/34, 7232, 7322 (being cut up), 7805, 7915, 9400, 13115, 13353/5/62, 15100, 73027, 82004/35, 92233/41/5. Works Sidings: L90, 8, 1006/23, 2215, 3838/9, 4075/83, 4207, 4945, 5071, 5950/98, 6019, 6309/29/38, 6820, 6915/64, 7002, 7901/17, 8787, 9705, 75005, 78008, 92212. Triangle: 1606/15, 4563/5, 5039, 5538, 6415, 6993, 7417, 7787, 8772, 9739. Dump: 1433, 5332, 6700, 8706, 9745/9. 'C' Shop: 6392, 7775 intact. Outside Stock Shed: 5815, 6357, 6900. Weigh House: 5938/55. Outside Weigh House: D831/53, D6303, D7010. Works Shunters: 5756/80, 7756, 8721/62. SLS/196201

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1917 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5332
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2704
   
01/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 8332    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
06/1944 Renumbered Renumbered to 5332    
29/12/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Wellington (WLN)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Wellington (WLN)    
30/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (OXY)    
15/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
01/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
09/10/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 5332    

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