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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 52 m/e 08/1915
Great Western Railway 440 y/e 1924
Great Western Railway (1947) 316 on 15/06/1950 (At Caerphilly Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 08/1915
Withdrawal Mon 23/07/1956
Service Life 40 yrs, 11 mths , 22 dys
Total Mileage 828,608

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 06/10/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1915
CV.BRY   Barry on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
RHY   Rhymney on 14/10/1948
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 12/08/1950
     Withdrawn on 23/07/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RHY Rhymney on 14/10/1948
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 12/08/1950
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 31/10/1953
WDN   m/e 31/07/1956

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
23/09/1956 Swindon Works On Works were noted the following : 92089, complete, no shed plate; 92088, 92090, almost complete, numbers chalked on; 6848 'Toddington Grange' painted green and lined out; 6029 just out, without double chimney; 316, 382, 399 being groken up. SLS/195611

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1915 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 52
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 440    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Barry (CV.BRY)    
14/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Rhymney (RHY)    
15/06/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 316    
12/08/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
23/07/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 316    
06/10/1956 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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