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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8749 m/e 07/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder W.G. Bagnall
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 2446
To Service During 07/1931
Withdrawal Fri 09/10/1964
Service Life 33 yrs, 3 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1931
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LLY   Llanelli 4w/e 26/02/1949
LLY   Llanelli 4w/e 18/06/1949
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 08/09/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 30/09/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 01/11/1952
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 20/07/1964
     Withdrawn on 09/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 26/02/1949
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 18/06/1949
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 05/09/1953
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 27/02/1954
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 19/06/1954
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 3w/e 20/07/1964
WDN   w/e 12/10/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8749
Built at W.G. Bagnall, Works Number 2446
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
26/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
18/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
30/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
20/07/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
09/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 8749    
03/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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