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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8796 on 16/03/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 282
To Service Thu 16/03/1934
Withdrawal Thu 27/04/1961
Service Life 27 yrs, 1 mth , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1961 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 16/03/1934
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PILL   Newport Pill 4w/e 31/12/1949
86H   Aberbeeg 8w/e 20/04/1957
85A   Worcester 4w/e 25/01/1958
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 04/10/1958
     Withdrawn on 27/04/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PILL Newport Pill 4w/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 04/10/1958
WDN   m/e 30/04/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1948 Caerphilly Works On 2/4 the following locomotives were noted in the Erecting Shop:-Nos. 64, 72, 270, 320/21, 390, 3103/89, 3712, 4134, 4256/63/93/98, 4404, 5114, 5223, 5635/58/68/80, 6661 an 8796, while outside were observed Nos. 190, 3178, 4238/52, 5219, 5549 an 5649. SLS/194805
23/07/1961 Swindon Works (Dump) 'A' Shop: D602/4, D805/11/28/70, D1000-11, D2137, D2372-9, D3257, D3431, D3744, D6306/11/9, 13186, 13264/5, 15100/2, 2829, 3817/43, 4090, 4922/8/56/78, 5000/1/31/49/60, 5306/51, 5903/4/36/9/67, 6000/4/7, 6363/95, 6871, 6919/46/59/86/97/8, 7020, 7209/15/21/2, 7826, 82031, 92226/34. Works Yard: D804/15/23/41/51/2, D2188/9/94, 1604/34/47, 2516, 3667/70, 3822/41, 4003, 4203, 4916/98, 5015/80/1, 5103/10/76/7/95, 5336, 5949, 6027, 6349, 6831, 6969, 7745/56/75/98, 8789/98, 9400/14, 9749, 78001/8. 92215/45. Triangle: 6021, 9736/67. Dump: 1361/2/4/6, 1419/33, 3657/76, 3724, 6426, 7700/61, 8429, 8705/22/40/77/96, 9735/62/71/81. 'C' Shop: 8457 intact, Outside 'C' Shop: 5771, 8726 being cut up. SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
16/03/1934 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8796
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
31/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (PILL)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
27/04/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 8796    
09/1961 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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