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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4672 on 01/03/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 352
To Service Sun 01/03/1944
Withdrawal Sun 07/07/1963
Service Life 19 yrs, 4 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 01/03/1944
SALOP   Shrewsbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 23/02/1957
88A   Cardiff Cathays 8w/e 20/04/1957
70A   Nine Elms w/e 11/03/1959
70B   Feltham 4w/e 01/04/1963
     Withdrawn on 07/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 24/03/1956
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 23/02/1957
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 28/12/1957
LOAN 70A Nine Elms 8w/e 11/03/1959
ALLOC 91S To Southern Region m/e 30/06/1959
ALLOC 70B Feltham 3w/e 01/04/1963
WDN   w/e 07/07/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
24/01/1959 Western Region panniers The batch of 34XX panniers ex-store at Barry are now at Radyr except 3400(84G), and 3405/6 88C. They have replaced 4601/10/6/26/30/4/72/86 which have been modified for work on the S.R. and are now re-allocated to Dover and Folkestone. SLS/195903

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/03/1944 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4672
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (SALOP)    
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
11/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
01/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Feltham (70B)    
07/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 4672    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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