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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 65 m/e 08/1914

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Hurry Riches
Class A1
Company History RR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hudswell Clarke
To Service During 08/1914
Withdrawal Mon 01/02/1954
Service Life 39 yrs, 6 mths , 1 dy
Total Mileage 580,696

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 27/02/1954 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1914
ABDR   Aberdare on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 24/01/1953
     Withdrawn on 01/02/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 24/01/1953
WDN   m/e 28/02/1954
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 31/12/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1914 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 65
Built at Hudswell Clarke
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberdare (ABDR)    
24/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
01/02/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 65    
27/02/1954 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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