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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4599 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 Fri 13/03/1959
Service Life 31 yrs, 11 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1927
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
MCH   Machynlleth m/e 30/06/1948
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/11/1948
MCH   Machynlleth 4w/e 21/05/1949
KDR   Kidderminster 4w/e 05/11/1949
85A   Worcester 4w/e 16/06/1951
85A   Worcester 6w/e 30/06/1951
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 03/10/1953
     Withdrawn on 13/03/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC MCH Machynlleth m/e 30/06/1948
ALLOC NPTG Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/11/1948
ALLOC MCH Machynlleth 4w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC KDR Kidderminster 4w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 16/06/1951
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   m/e 31/03/1959

* 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 4599
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
30/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (MCH)    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
21/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (MCH)    
05/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Kidderminster (KDR)    
16/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
30/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
13/03/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 4599    
07/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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