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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4579 m/e 02/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 4575
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 242
To Service During 02/1927
Withdrawal Mon 08/09/1958
Service Life 31 yrs, 7 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Date Sold for Scrap 03/03/1959
Scrapping Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1927
PDK   Pembroke Dock 4w/e 16/11/1935
WTD   Whitland on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 08/09/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 30/09/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4579
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Pembroke Dock (PDK)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Whitland (WTD)    
08/09/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 4579    

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