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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3716 on 26/01/1937

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 299
To Service Mon 26/01/1937
Withdrawal Mon 02/12/1963
Service Life 26 yrs, 10 mths , 6 dys
Total Mileage 661,948

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 26/01/1937
16   Aberbeeg 4w/e 01/12/1945
CDF   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 20/04/1946
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
ABEEG   Aberbeeg 4w/e 27/11/1948
86J   Aberdare 4w/e 21/04/1956
88B   Radyr 2w/e 17/11/1962
88J   Aberdare 4w/e 09/03/1963
     Withdrawn on 02/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CDF Cardiff Canton 4w/e 20/04/1946
ALLOC ABEEG Aberbeeg 4w/e 27/11/1948
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 21/04/1956
ALLOC 88B Radyr 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 4w/e 09/03/1963
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
26/01/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3716
Built at Swindon Works
   
01/12/1945 Allocation      
20/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
21/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
02/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 3716    
03/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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