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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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Numbers Carried
| Company |
Number |
|
Date From |
| Great Western Railway |
6689 |
m/e |
10/1928 |
Locomotive Specifics
| Designer |
C. Collett |
| Class |
56xx |
| Company History |
GWR |
| Wheels |
0-6-2T |
| Builder |
Swindon Works |
| Order Number |
255 |
| To Service |
During 10/1928 |
| Withdrawal |
Thu 03/06/1965 |
| Service Life |
36 yrs, 8 mths , 4 dys |
Disposal
| Scrapping |
During 10/1965 |
|
SLS Allocations*
| Type |
Code |
Name |
|
From Date |
| ALLOC |
88A |
Cardiff Cathays |
4w/e |
10/09/1955 |
| TOSTORE |
|
|
5w/e |
12/04/1965 |
| WDN |
|
|
on |
03/06/1965 |
| WDN |
|
|
4w/e |
13/06/1965 |
* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
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Summary
| Date |
Event |
Details |
Source |
See Also |
| 10/1928 |
To Service |
To service as Great Western Railway Number 6689
Built at Swindon Works |
|
|
| 16/11/1935 |
Allocation |
Reallocated to Aberbeeg (ABEEG) |
|
|
| 15/06/1947 |
Allocation |
Allocation Snapshot - Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ) |
|
|
| 10/09/1955 |
Allocation |
Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A) |
|
|
| 03/06/1965 |
Withdrawn |
Condemned as 6689 |
|
|
| 10/1965 |
Scrapped |
Scrapped |
|
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