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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5627 m/e 08/1925

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 228
To Service During 08/1925
Withdrawal Thu 11/04/1963
Service Life 37 yrs, 8 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1925
CV.BRY   Barry on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 28/01/1956
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 30/11/1957
     Withdrawn on 11/04/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 28/01/1956
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 30/11/1957
WDN   4w/e 04/05/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5627
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Barry (CV.BRY)    
28/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
30/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
11/04/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5627    
12/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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