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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6657 m/e 08/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 255
To Service During 08/1928
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 36 yrs, 10 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1928
LMTN   Leamington on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88C   Barry 4w/e 26/03/1960
88A   Radyr 4w/e 23/04/1960
88H   Tondu 4w/e 04/05/1963
88B   Radyr 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXY Oxley 4w/e 28/12/1946
ALLOC LMTN Leamington 4w/e 22/02/1947
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 26/03/1960
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 23/04/1960
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 88B Radyr 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   4w/e 13/06/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6657
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Leamington (LMTN)    
26/03/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
23/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
04/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6657    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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