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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3659 on 31/01/1940

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 325
To Service Fri 31/01/1940
Withdrawal Fri 01/10/1965
Service Life 25 yrs, 8 mths , 0 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 31/01/1940
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
OXF   Oxford on 14/10/1948
SHL   Southall 4w/e 30/10/1948
NA   Newton Abbot 4w/e 23/04/1949
83C   Exeter 4w/e 24/03/1962
82E   Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 28/09/1963
83G   Templecombe (S&D) 6w/e 19/09/1965
     Withdrawn on 01/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXF Oxford on 14/10/1948
ALLOC SHL Southall 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC NA Newton Abbot 4w/e 23/04/1949
ALLOC 83C Exeter 4w/e 24/03/1962
ALLOC 82E Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 29/09/1963
LOAN 83G Templecombe (S&D) 5w/e 19/09/1965
WDN   on 01/10/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/01/1940 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3659
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
14/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (OXF)    
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (SHL)    
23/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (NA)    
24/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (83C)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Barrow Road (82E)    
19/09/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Templecombe (S&D) (83G)    
01/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3659    
12/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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