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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 9721 on 30/11/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 285
To Service Fri 30/11/1934
Withdrawal Fri 22/06/1962
Service Life 27 yrs, 6 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1962 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 30/11/1934
SDN   Swindon on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 22/06/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 30/06/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March: 111, 1010, 2026/55, 2103, 2204/12/54, 2816/39/46/9, 2924/39/48/79, 3010/5/20, 3171, 3446, 3632, 3715/93 3855, 4012/33/5/55/79/82, 4136, 4365, 4565/70 4702, 4830/67, 4917/37/58/84/5, 5004/8/49/71/90, 5153/86/93, 5310/38/84/97, 5420, 5505/31/53, 5787,-5967/99, 6000/17/25/8, 6114/21/50/1, 6365/74/86/8 6417, 6916/8/41, 7312, 7713/32, 7802/10, 9721/60/3/80/7/90/6. Nameplates have been affixed to 1000/17-9, 6916/32/38/46/67. With the completion of 1019, there is a temporary halt in the programme of construction of '1000' Class locomotives and work is under way on new 'Castle' and 'Hall' Class locomotives. SLS/194606

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
30/11/1934 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 9721
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swindon (SDN)    
22/06/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 9721    
09/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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