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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5358 m/e 09/1918
Great Western Railway (1st Renum) 8358 m/e 01/1928
Great Western Railway (2nd Renum) 5358 m/e 06/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
43xx09/1918
83xx (2-6-0)01/1928
43xx (2-6-0)06/1944
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 208
Works Number 2730
To Service During 09/1918
Withdrawal Tue 17/07/1962
Service Life 43 yrs, 10 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1918
32   St Philips Marsh on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
WEY   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 07/03/1936
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82D   Westbury 4w/e 16/05/1953
85A   Worcester 4w/e 25/02/1961
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 14/07/1962
     Withdrawn on 17/07/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 25/02/1961
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 14/07/1962
WDN   m/e 31/07/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1949 Swindon Works New Work January: Nos. 6996 Blackwell Hall (RDG (4/1)), 6997 Bryn-Ivor Hall (17/1), 6998 Burton Agnes Hall (28/1); 6769 BRY (6/1). Locomotives entering Works 30/12/48 to 28/1/49: These included Nos. p24 (Petrol), 213/46 (Both acting as Works' pilots), 1007/08/19, 1369, 1426/29, 2016 (open cab), 2235/64/94, 2445, 2807/59, 2843, 2942/79/87, 3020/44, 3631/33, 3751, 3811/57 (damaged), 3818/28/55, 4017/41/46/53/59/74/78/79/86, 4122/37, 4225/82,, 4507/10/50/94, 4601, 4801 (Ex-Carriage Stock Shed-for conversion to coal-burning), 4912/15/21/35/58, 5014/27/29/49/57/61/92/93, 5108/34, 5225, 5307/33/48/58, 5502/05/12/31/53/72, 5909/49/61/97 , 6013/23/29, 6104/38/58/66, 6304/07/32/34/59/81, 6432, 6640, 6802/03/64/65/69, 6967, 7412, 7731/62/66/86/87, 7805, 8724/26, 9604/11/53, 9732/53/69, W.D. 77049 (badly damaged), 79279, 79309. Condemned: Nos. *1538, *1713, 2717 (all to Concentration Yard), 1889/97, 2767 (open cab), 2935, 3049, 3446/48, 4320. *After acting as Works' pilot.
Further locomotives painted black and fully lined, include Nos. 4900, 5997, 6930/39, while No. 2166 came out black and unlined-with the original boiler again. No. 3020 has had a heavy repair (with a change of boiler), fitted with a smokebox numberplate, but not re-painted
SLS/194903

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1918 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5358
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2730
   
01/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 8358    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (WEY)    
06/1944 Renumbered Renumbered to 5358    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
16/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
25/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
14/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
17/07/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5358    

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