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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6696 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 Mon 02/12/1963
Service Life 35 yrs, 2 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1928
LMTN   Leamington 4w/e 11/01/1936
BAN   Banbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 01/11/1952
85A   Worcester 4w/e 08/10/1960
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 25/02/1961
88C   Barry 4w/e 30/12/1961
     Withdrawn on 02/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 05/10/1960
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 25/02/1961
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 30/12/1961
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
06/02/1966 Woodham Bros. Yard, Barry 5700 0-6-0PT-3612, 3738, 4612, 9629/81/2. 9400 0-6-0PT*9466. 4500 2-6-2T*-4561/6. 4575 2-6-2T*-4588, 5521/6/32/8/9/41/2/52/3/72. 5101 2-6-2T*-4110/5/21/41/4/56/60, 5164/93/9. 5600 0-6-2T-5619/37/68, 5693**, 6619/34/86/96. 4200 2-8-0T*-4247/8/53/70/7. 5205 2-8-0T*-5224/7/39. 7200 2-8-2T*7200/2/29. 4300 2-6-0*-5322, 7325. Hall 4-6-0*-4930/6/42/53/79/83, 5900/52/67/72. Modified Hall 4-6-0*-6989. 7903. Castle 4-6-0*-5029/43/51/80, 7027. King 4-6-0*-6023/4. 2800 2-8-0*-2807/57/9/61/73/4. 2884 2-8-0*-2885, 3802/3/14/7/22/45/50/5/62. Q 0-6-0*-30541. N 2-6-0-31874. U 2-6-0-31618/25/38, 31806. S15 4-6-0*-30499, 30506, 30825/8/30/41/7. WC and BB 4-6-2-34010/6/27/8/39/46/58/67/70/2/3/81/92/105. MN 4-6-2-35005/6/9/18/25. 4F 0-6-0 M.R.*-43924. 4F 0-6-0 L.M.S.R.-44123/422. SMT 4-6-0 L.M.S.R.-44901/5163/293/337/79/491. 8F 2-8-0-48173/431/518/624. S.D.J.R. 7F 2-8-0*-53808/9. Jubilee 4-6-0-45690/9. 4MT 2-6-0 B.R.-76017. 4MT 2-6-4T B1R.-80064/72/9/80/97/8/100/4/5/35/50. 9F 2-10-0-92207/14/9/40/5. Total: 152 locos. NOTES : * These 18 classes extinct on B.R. **5693 previously wrongly listed as 6692, even though latter was working at Stourbridge. The locos. above come from as far apart as Cornwall and Carlisle. SLS/196603

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6696
Built at Swindon Works
   
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Leamington (LMTN)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Banbury (BAN)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
08/10/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
25/02/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
30/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
02/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 6696    
04/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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