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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5378 m/e 08/1919
Great Western Railway (1st Renum) 8378 on 03/03/1928
Great Western Railway (2nd Renum) 5378 m/e 06/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
43xx08/1919
83xx (2-6-0)03/1928
43xx (2-6-0)06/1944
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 209
Works Number 2750
To Service During 08/1919
Withdrawal Mon 14/09/1959
Service Life 40 yrs, 1 mth , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1919
153   Penzance on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
CDF   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 08/02/1936
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LLY   Llanelli 4w/e 05/11/1949
84B   Oxley 4w/e 21/03/1953
83E   St Blazey 4w/e 29/12/1956
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 07/09/1957
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 18/04/1959
     Withdrawn on 14/09/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 29/12/1956
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 07/09/1957
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 18/04/1959
WDN   m/e 30/09/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March included: Nos. 1006/16, 1434, 1861, 2943/44, 3015, 3803/53/60, 4012/16/23/26/30/35/77/90/94, 4803, 4941/98, 5006/09/25/59/68/80/97, 5339/50/78, 5901/07/48/83, 6011/13/19/22, 6318/20/22/65, 6903/20/23/42/51, 7001, 9089 an 9302. New work: Nos. 6986-89 and 0-6-0 Diesel-electric No. 15101, the latter with cast brass number plates and 'British Railways' on the sides; also numbers in 3' letters in the centre of the buffer beams. W.D. Nos. 77060/145/280/335, 79244 (all ex repair in Belgium) and 78624 arrived in the Works on 23/3 from Marston sidings. W.D. Nos. 77027 an 77165 are ex Works with G.W. type top feed and Wakefield lubricator. Works' pilots recently have been and are Nos. 198, 250, 410, 1713 an 2781; 905 ceased to work on these duties W/E 13/3 and has gone for scrapping. No. 1358 was in the Works W/E 13/3 for scrapping, while No. 3004 was cut up in the same week. No. 6022 LA went on the test plant on 18/3 for several days and is now being prepared to go to the L.N.E.R. Engines ex Works are now emerging without the prefix W. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1919 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5378
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2750
   
03/03/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 8378    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
06/1944 Renumbered Renumbered to 5378    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
05/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
29/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
07/09/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
18/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
14/09/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 5378    

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