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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 6322 m/e 02/1921

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 212
Works Number 2822
To Service During 02/1921
Withdrawal Mon 05/01/1959
Service Life 37 yrs, 11 mths , 5 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1921
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
BRD   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 16/11/1935
SDN   Swindon on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82A   Bristol Bath Road 8w/e 03/11/1951
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 21/02/1953
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 27/03/1954
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 19/06/1954
83B   Taunton 4w/e 09/10/1954
83C   Exeter 4w/e 01/01/1955
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 22/02/1958
     Withdrawn on 05/01/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 8w/e 03/11/1951
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 27/03/1954
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 19/06/1954
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 09/10/1954
ALLOC 83C Exeter 4w/e 01/01/1955
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 22/02/1958
WDN   m/e 31/01/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1945 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


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
31/05/1959 Swindon Works (Scrapyard) Scrapyard1401/23/9/37/56/7/57, 2254, 2812/23/5/30/3, 4200/26/61, 4377, 4540/53/84, 5315/55/82/6/8/90, 5566, 5703/8/33/43, 5810, 6318/22/8/31/4/54, 6409/28, 6721/3/7/43, 7738. SLS/195907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1921 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6322
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2822
   
01/01/1934 Allocation      
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
02/1945 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swindon (SDN)    
03/11/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
27/03/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
01/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (83C)    
22/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
05/01/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 6322    

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