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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5517 m/e 12/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 4575
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 249
To Service During 12/1927
Withdrawal Mon 01/12/1958
Service Life 31 yrs , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 24/01/1959 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1927
MCH   Machynlleth on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 01/12/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 31/12/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5517
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Machynlleth (MCH)    
01/12/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 5517    
24/01/1959 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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