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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 6304 m/e 12/1920

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 211
Works Number 2804
To Service During 12/1920
Withdrawal Wed 15/01/1964
Service Life 43 yrs, 1 mth , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1920
77   Fishguard Goodwick on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
LDR   Landore on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CARM   Carmarthen 4w/e 26/02/1949
81E   Didcot 4w/e 30/01/1954
81F   Oxford 4w/e 17/05/1958
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 04/10/1958
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 21/03/1959
     Withdrawn on 15/01/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CARM Carmarthen 4w/e 26/02/1949
ALLOC 81E Didcot 5w/e 30/01/1954
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 21/03/1959
WDN   4w/e 27/01/1964

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/1952 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


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
12/1920 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6304
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2804
   
01/01/1934 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Landore (LDR)    
26/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (CARM)    
01/1952 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
21/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
15/01/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6304    

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