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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 9780 on 23/06/1936

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 293
To Service Wed 23/06/1936
Withdrawal Wed 21/07/1965
Service Life 29 yrs , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 23/06/1936
LTS   Llantrisant on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88C   Barry 4w/e 12/08/1961
88H   Tondu 4w/e 09/02/1963
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 25/01/1964
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 7w/e 22/06/1964
88B   Radyr 2w/e 23/01/1965
     Withdrawn on 21/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 12/08/1961
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 09/02/1963
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 27/01/1964
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 3w/e 29/06/1964
ALLOC 88B Radyr 2w/e 24/01/1965
WDN   4w/e 08/08/1965

* 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
23/06/1936 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 9780
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llantrisant (LTS)    
12/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
09/02/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
23/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
21/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 9780    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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