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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6767 on 31/01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 374
To Service Wed 31/01/1949
Withdrawal Wed 12/12/1962
Service Life 13 yrs, 10 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 31/01/1949
88C   Barry 4w/e 22/03/1958
87K   Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 21/02/1959
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 05/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 12/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW CED Cardiff East Dock m/e 31/01/1949
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 87K Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 05/09/1959
WDN   on 12/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1959 Swansea Paxton St. MPD (Upper Bank) The former LNW M.P.D. (Paxton St.) was closed w.e.f. 31st August; freight diagrams and 8F 2-8-0s have been transferred to Llanelly whilst passenger turns and the Fowler 2-6-4Ts transferred to Landore-the remaining shunting turns have been transferred to East Dock, which has taken over Upper Bank and Gurnos, the two ex-M.R. sheds. The present allocation at Upper Bank is 6700/2/14/38/63/6/7/8/73/4/8 and at Gurnos 6712/20/49/70/7. Llandovery is now sub to Llanelly. SLS/195910

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/01/1949 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6767
Built at Swindon Works
   
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
21/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) (87K)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
12/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 6767    
10/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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