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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 59 m/e 06/1911

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Hurry Riches
Class A
Company History RR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hudswell Clarke
To Service During 06/1911
Withdrawal Fri 29/07/1955
Service Life 44 yrs, 1 mth , 28 dys
Total Mileage 722,856

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 10/09/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1911
CED   Cardiff East Dock on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 08/09/1951
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 30/09/1951
88B   Cardiff East Dock 3w/e 17/05/1952
     Withdrawn on 29/07/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BRY Barry 4w/e 29/11/1947
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 17/05/1952
WDN   m/e 31/07/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1911 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 59
Built at Hudswell Clarke 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff East Dock (CED)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
30/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
29/07/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 59    
10/09/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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