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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3790 on 08/10/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 314
To Service Wed 08/10/1938
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 26 yrs, 8 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 08/10/1938
LA   Laira on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83E   St Blazey 4w/e 10/09/1960
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 19/05/1962
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 02/11/1963
87F   Llanelli 6w/e 13/04/1964
88A   Cardiff East Dock 6w/e 12/10/1964
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 10/09/1960
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 5w/e 02/11/1963
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 2w/e 13/04/1964
ALLOC 88A Cardiff East Dock 3w/e 14/09/1964
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/06/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during July included:-Nos. 1019, 2532, 2841, 2852, 2931, 2936, 2939, 2943, 3831, 3862, 4032, 4074, 4083, 5005, 5030, 5357, 5936, 5942, 5990, 6317, 6345, 6360, 6395, W.D. 77294, 78542 and 78632. No. 2651 WOS was ex Works on 5/7. New engines reported seen are:-Nos. 4155 BRD, 4156 STJ and 6753-55 CV.BRY. - The following have received 'TF' boilers: Nos. 1410, 3790, 4630, 6405, 8756, and 9707. 'Austerity' Nos. 77000, 77443, 78510, 78512, 78521, and 79235 are all ex repairs in Belgium and painted black. The new 67XX are the same as the earlier ones, in that they are not fitted with screw couplings, train heating, vacuum brake or A.T.C. equipment. They are, however, fitted with 'TF' boilers. SLS/194709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/10/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3790
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Laira (LA)    
10/09/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
13/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88A)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3790    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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