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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6690 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 25/06/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 8 mths , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1928
WES   Westbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/11/1952
85D   Kidderminster 4w/e 21/04/1956
85B   Gloucester Horton Road m/e 16/06/1956
86C   Hereford 4w/e 31/12/1960
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/02/1961
88J   Aberdare 4w/e 19/05/1962
88B   Radyr 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 25/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 85D Kidderminster 4w/e 21/04/1956
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 85C Gloucester Barnwood 4w/e 31/12/1960
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/02/1961
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   3w/e 20/07/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604
18/05/1963 Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) Works (In Works) In Works1424, 3607(84G), 3763, 4132/55, 4278, 4646/80, 5263, 5938/75, 6690(88J), 6900/04/16/60/88, 7210, 9790/4. Waiting Works: L92 (ex-5786), 2896, 4255, 6648. Ex Works: 8400, 6134. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6690
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Westbury (WES)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
21/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Kidderminster (85D)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
31/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (86C)    
25/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
25/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6690    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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