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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6420 on 24/08/1935

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 64xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 294
To Service Fri 24/08/1935
Withdrawal Fri 27/11/1959
Service Life 24 yrs, 3 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 24/08/1935
TN   Taunton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TN   Taunton 4w/e 10/07/1948
LA   Laira on 14/10/1948
     Withdrawn on 27/11/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SBZ St Blazey 4w/e 29/11/1947
ALLOC TN Taunton 4w/e 10/07/1948
ALLOC LA Laira on 14/10/1948
WDN   m/e 30/11/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
24/08/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6420
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Taunton (TN)    
10/07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (TN)    
14/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (LA)    
27/11/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 6420    
12/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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