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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4590 m/e 03/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 4575
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 242
To Service During 03/1927
Withdrawal Fri 24/10/1958
Service Life 31 yrs, 7 mths , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 21/02/1959 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1927
SDN   Swindon on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83D   Laira 3w/e 19/05/1951
     Withdrawn on 24/10/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 19/05/1951
WDN   m/e 31/10/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4590
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swindon (SDN)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
24/10/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 4590    
21/02/1959 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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