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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4597 m/e 04/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 4575
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 242
To Service During 04/1927
Withdrawal Mon 27/01/1958
Service Life 30 yrs, 9 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 22/03/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1927
PPRD   Pontypool Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 08/09/1951
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 30/09/1951
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 26/12/1953
     Withdrawn m/e 27/01/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ABEEG Aberbeeg 4w/e 04/10/1947
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 26/12/1953
WDN   m/e 31/01/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4597
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
30/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
26/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
27/01/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 4597    
22/03/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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