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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5516 m/e 11/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 4575
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 249
To Service During 11/1927
Withdrawal Thu 24/08/1961
Service Life 33 yrs, 9 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1927
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/02/1950
86H   Aberbeeg 8w/e 20/04/1957
83B   Taunton 4w/e 05/11/1960
     Withdrawn on 24/08/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/02/1950
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 05/11/1960
WDN   m/e 31/08/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
17/09/1961 Swindon Works (Triangle) 'A' Shop: D604, D816/7/21/3/5/43/70, D3431, D6306/8/21, 2866, 3852, 4003/79/81/7/9, D1000-11, D2379-83, 4117, 4707, 4904/26/33/43/66/79/92/8, 5018/38/74/92, 5208, 5380, 6021/6, 6808/16/25/32/4/40, 6948, 7018/28, 7219, 7825, 7905/21, 13115/84/6, 13259/65, 92215/26. Works Sidings: D820, D2086, D2143/4, D2378, D7000, 1009, 3670, 3839/59, 4100, 4917/8/83, 5000/78, 5951/98, 6014/6/9/27, 6964/87/96, 7200, 7756/75, 7909, 8721, 9400, 9749, 73027, 78008, 92241/5. Triangle: 1640, 5087, 5198, 5516, 5934/75, 8762/72/87, 9751, 13355. Dump: 1361/6, 1433, 1604, 5318, 6720, 7745/98, 8429, 8740/74/7/89, 9735/6/67. 'C' Shop: 4203, 5110/95. Outside Stock Shed: D806, D4025, D6303, 4948, 5815, 6900. Weigh House : Nil. Outside Weigh House: D801. Gasworks : Nil. SLS/196111

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5516
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
25/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
24/08/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 5516    
10/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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