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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8766 on 08/12/1933

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 282
To Service Tue 08/12/1933
Withdrawal Tue 23/07/1963
Service Life 29 yrs, 7 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 08/12/1933
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 30/01/1954
     Withdrawn on 23/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 5w/e 30/01/1954
WDN   4w/e 27/07/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
18/08/1963 Swindon Works (Triangle) Triangle: 1432, 6437, 5679, 8444/86/91/94/96, 8766, 9401/79/83, 9715, D3103. Yard: 1621, 3668, 3711, 3826, 4082, 4175, 4265/98, 5645, 5933, 6011/25/26, 6159, 6815/19/28/35, 6931/32/61/78, 7909, 8738, 9412/40. 'A' Shop: D1023-26 (New in various stages of construction), D603, D801/4/40/61/2, D1004/9/16/9/50/63, D6305, D7075, 3605, 3738, 3850, 4115/57/68, 5971, 6000/18, 6129/65, 6809/15/37/68, 6937/44/78/94, 7902/27, 8403, 9662, 92246, Birmingham Pullman, uW60096. Top end of 'A' Shop: 15100/1/3, D3509/94/95, D3195, D3600, and N.C.B. 0-6-2 T. 67 (ex T.V.R.). Dismantling Shed: 5644, 5945. Dump: 3795, 4074, 5101/92, 5201, 5912/31, 7;412, 8783/91, 9713. Weigh House: D604, D808, 3823. On shed ex-Works: 9607, 9666. In store on shed: 1019, 2250, 2890, 3780, 3842, 4079, 4631, 4909, 4948, 5017, 5357, 5525/70, 5815, 5943, 9604 an W21. SLS/196309

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/12/1933 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8766
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
23/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 8766    
10/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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