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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Great Western Railway	6633	m/e	08/1928

**Locomotive Specifics**
Designer	C. Collett
Class	56xx
Company History	GWR
Wheels	0-6-2T
Builder	Swindon Works
Order Number	252
To Service	During 08/1928
Withdrawal	w/e Sat 29/05/1965
Service Life	36 yrs, 9 mths , 28 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 08/1965 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	08/1928
SALOP	Shrewsbury	on	15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84D	Leamington	8w/e	26/03/1955
84J	Croes Newydd	4w/e	16/07/1955
88F	Treherbert	4w/e	08/10/1955
86E	Severn Tunnel Junction	4w/e	03/11/1962
2A	Tyseley	on	01/12/1963
	Withdrawn	w/e	29/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	84D	Leamington	4w/e	26/03/1955
ALLOC	84J	Croes Newydd	4w/e	16/07/1955
ALLOC	88F	Treherbert	4w/e	08/10/1955
ALLOC	86E	Severn Tunnel Junction	4w/e	03/11/1962
ALLOC	91M	To London Midland Region	4w/e	30/11/1963
ALLOC	2A	Tyseley	4w/e	07/12/1963
WDN			w/e	29/05/1965

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

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
08/1928	To Service	To service as Great Western Railway Number 6633 Built at Swindon Works
15/06/1947	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (SALOP)
26/03/1955	Allocation	Reallocated to Leamington (84D)
16/07/1955	Allocation	Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)
08/10/1955	Allocation	Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)
03/11/1962	Allocation	Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)
01/12/1963	Allocation	Reallocated to Tyseley (2A)
29/05/1965	Withdrawn	Condemned as 6633
08/1965	Scrapped	Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge

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