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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5623 m/e 06/1925

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 228
To Service During 06/1925
Withdrawal Fri 14/02/1964
Service Life 38 yrs, 8 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1925
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 09/09/1950
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 30/09/1950
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 17/10/1950
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 31/10/1950
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 05/11/1960
88B   Radyr 4w/e 28/12/1963
     Withdrawn on 14/02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 09/09/1950
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 05/11/1960
ALLOC 88B Radyr 4w/e 31/12/1963
WDN   on 14/02/1964
WDN   5w/e 30/03/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5623
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
09/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
30/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
14/02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5623    
05/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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