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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5672 m/e 08/1926

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 235
To Service During 08/1926
Withdrawal Fri 13/09/1963
Service Life 37 yrs, 1 mth , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1926
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 14/12/1935
MTHR   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 11/01/1936
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/10/1950
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 31/10/1950
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/07/1951
88D   Merthyr Tydfil m/e 31/07/1951
MD     4w/e 23/02/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 31/03/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 3w/e 17/05/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 04/10/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 28/01/1961
88B   Radyr 4w/e 15/12/1962
     Withdrawn on 13/09/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/07/1951
ALLOC MD   4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/05/1952
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 28/01/1961
ALLOC 88B Radyr 4w/e 15/12/1962
WDN   4w/e 29/09/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5672
Built at Swindon Works
   
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (MTHR)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
14/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
31/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
23/02/1952 Allocation      
31/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
28/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
15/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
13/09/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5672    
04/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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