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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 6308 m/e 01/1921

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 211
Works Number 2808
To Service During 01/1921
Withdrawal Mon 24/08/1959
Service Life 38 yrs, 7 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1921
44   Banbury on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
CHR   Chester West 4w/e 16/11/1935
CHR   Chester West on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 27/12/1952
85C   Hereford 4w/e 18/04/1953
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 08/10/1955
     Withdrawn on 24/08/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 27/12/1952
ALLOC 85C Hereford 4w/e 18/04/1953
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 08/10/1955
WDN   m/e 31/08/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1921 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6308
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2808		    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (CHR)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Chester West (CHR)    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
18/04/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (85C)    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
24/08/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 6308    

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