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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5369 m/e 06/1919
Great Western Railway (1st Renum) 8369 on 06/03/1928
Great Western Railway (2nd Renum) 5369 m/e 06/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
43xx06/1919
83xx (2-6-0)03/1928
43xx (2-6-0)06/1944
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 208
Works Number 2741
To Service During 06/1919
Withdrawal Wed 20/11/1963
Service Life 44 yrs, 5 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1919
114   Oxley on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84C   Banbury 4w/e 14/07/1951
84C   Banbury m/e 31/07/1951
84E   Tyseley 8w/e 03/11/1951
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/11/1960
82C   Swindon 4w/e 07/10/1961
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 08/09/1962
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 06/10/1962
     Withdrawn on 20/11/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 14/07/1951
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 8w/e 03/11/1951
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/11/1960
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 06/10/1962
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
09/1956 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1921 Chester G.W.R. sheds in 1921 The recent demise of Chester (West) shed as a loco. depot adds a touch of nostalgic interest to an August, 1921, allocation list of the depot in its Great Western heyday. This list was carefully compiled for two interested schoolboy visitors, by one of the clerks, with the help of the fitter's labourer who had been furnished as the boys' guide. It was probably quite reasonably accurate at its date. Supplementary notes added at the time were : 4309 was the 'pick' of the passenger engines, 3510 a poor steamer so restricted to station pilot duty (Chester General), 2883 just received from the Factory-we were shown the uncompleted receipt for it; no.1 had also just been through the Factory, and was 'all green', with blacked-over chimney-cap. Engines at Chester : (Passenger and Mixed Traffic) 4-4-0 'City': 3709 Quebec, 3711 City of Birmingham, 3719 City of Exeter; 'Flower': 4146 Sydney; 2-6-0 43xx : 4309, 4337, 4341, 4365, 4374, 4381, 4395, 4398, 5315, 5318, 5322, 5336, 5368, 5369, 5370, 5371, 5385, 5386; 2-4-0 'Stella': 3202; ditto (r/b. from 2-4-0T): 3507, 3508, 3510, 3511, 3518, 3519; 0-6-0 'Dean goods': 2419, 2423, 2431, 2438, 2452, 2477; 2-4-2T: 3609; 2-6-2T: 4517, 4528; 2-4-0T: 1; 0-6-0T '2721 class': 2733(s/t), 2778(p/t); 0-4-2T '517' : 1475. (Freight): 2-8-0: 2810, 2818, 2842, 2862, 2864, 2867, 2883; 2-6-0 'Aberdare': 2628, 2653, 2654, 2678; 0-6-0 D/F. 'Beyer': 357; 'Standard Goods': 512, 601, 701. 4' 7½' 'Coal' : 934, 942; 0-6-0T '655 class': 655, 1741, 1745; '850 Class': 857, 987(s/t); '1501 class': 654, 1501(s/t), 1548(s/t). '1854 class': 1863. Total engines: 68 (16 tank.) Two additional engines were also noted during the visit both bearing CHR shed mark : 2-4-0 3505 and 0-6-0 D/F. 'Standard Goods' 403. At that time, 'Dean Goods' 2452 was a war veteran; in the 1939 war Nos. 2419/23/38/77 were requisitioned; the first three were lost, and 2477 was one of the engines sent to China as an U.N.R.R.A. contribution, after return from war service. F.H. SLS/196009
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
31/07/1949 Swindon Works New Work July: Nos. 1501 (1/7), 1502 (27/7). Both are unlined black. Locomotives entering Works during July included: Nos. 1005/12/25, 1467/68, 2206, 2856/86, 2920, 3663, 3779, 3853, 4013/41/56/61, 4133, 4381, 4631, 4901/43, 5050/69, 5238, 5369, 5552/59, 5918, 6003, 6103/08/22, 6320 (for re-conversion), 6336/45/54, 6417, 6804/38, 6910, 7307, 7809, 7905, 8762. Condemned: 2708 an 9087. No. 3837 (ex 4854) has been re-converted to coal-burning. No. 6020 has been painted blue, while No. 4961 has been Painted black and fully lined. The first of the contractor built series of 94XX arrived on Works on 27/7 viz: Nos. 8400 an 8401; they have entered shops to have the A.T.C. gear fitted. Works' Nos. checked are: Bagnall 2910/11 of 1949.
Awaiting Works at the east end of the yard- were Nos. 1000, 2708, 2875, 3635, 4981, 5057, 5554/57, 6844; No. 2863 (ex 4805-oil-burning) was also in evidence. B shop contained Nos. 1363, 1467/68, 2206/11, 2572, 3663/77, 4631, 6408/09/17, 7735, 9638. New engines from Bagnall's were Nos. 8400/1 (makers Nos. 2910/1) and Swindon construction included Nos. 7026 (painted), 7027, 1504 (painted), 1505 and the frames of a diesel (Lot 363). Barry 0-6-2T's Nos. 212, 213 an 246 were acting as Works' shunters.
SLS/194909

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1919 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5369
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2741
   
06/03/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 8369    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
06/1944 Renumbered Renumbered to 5369    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
14/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
31/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
03/11/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
09/1956 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
20/11/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5369    

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