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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 46 m/e 10/1909

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Hurry Riches
Class R
Company History RR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
To Service During 10/1909
Withdrawal Mon 10/07/1950
Service Life 40 yrs, 9 mths , 10 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1909
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 16/11/1935
CED   Cardiff East Dock on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 10/07/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RYR Radyr 4w/e 09/08/1947
WDN RYR Radyr on 10/07/1950

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
08/10/1950 Swindon Works On the occasion of the visit on 8/10/50, interesting engines were 7925 Westol Hall (83G), 6770, 9429 (RSH.7566/50), 8464 (YEC.2457/50), 7926 (not painted), 7924 Thornycroft Hall; new construction included 7927-7929 an 6771 onwards. The stock shed contained 5 Portishead, 992, 1366/69/71, 2014/7, 2195, 2754, 2894/5, 3453, 3645, 3666, 3866, 4055, 4901/25/56, 5068, 5084, 5086, 5523, 5534, 5700, 5924, 6102/7, 6716, 6915, 6924, 7037 (no name), 7923 Speke Hall; there were two new tanks in the running shed, 8422 an 9428 (RSH.7565/50). On the dump were 46, 281, 294, 422, 428, 1747, 1919, 1949, 1989, 2006, 2022, 2047, 2064, 2716, 2794, 3386, and S. & M. 'Coal Engines' 8108 (8182 & 8236 partly dismantled). It is reported that 8463 (0-6-0T) has no works plate, and that 9427 is RSH. 7564/50, but it may not be generally known that the makers' plates are fixed only to the left side leading splashers on these engines. SLS/195012
18/11/1950 Swindon Works New construction 18/11/50-7820 Dinmore Manor, 7821 (painted), 7822 well forward, 7823-7827 laid down; 6772/4 in shed, 6775 completed and 6776/7 nearly so; 6778/9 laid down: 8466 Y.E. Co. 2459/50, 9432 R.S.H. 7569/50. Being cut up: 2738, 1799, 3168 (?); in the dump 46, 281, 294, 422, 1705/47/89, 1858/70, 1949, 2022/47/64, 2155/89, 2754/60, 3386. SLS/195101

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 46
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff East Dock (CED)    
10/07/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 46    

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