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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8778 on 09/01/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 282
To Service Mon 09/01/1934
Withdrawal Mon 01/08/1960
Service Life 26 yrs, 6 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 09/01/1934
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 8w/e 23/03/1946
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 01/08/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NPTG Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 23/02/1946
WDN   m/e 31/08/1960

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/01/1934 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8778
Built at Swindon Works
   
23/03/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
01/08/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 8778    
12/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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