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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3785 on 21/09/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 314
To Service Fri 21/09/1938
Withdrawal Fri 06/07/1962
Service Life 23 yrs, 9 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1962 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 21/09/1938
LDR   Landore 8w/e 23/03/1946
LDR   Landore on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 17/06/1961
     Withdrawn on 06/07/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 23/03/1946
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 17/06/1961
WDN   m/e 31/07/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
21/09/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3785
Built at Swindon Works
   
23/03/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (LDR)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Landore (LDR)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
06/07/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 3785    
09/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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