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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 83 m/e 08/1909

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Hurry Riches
Class P
Company History RR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
To Service During 08/1909
Withdrawal Mon 09/05/1955
Service Life 45 yrs, 9 mths , 8 dys
Total Mileage 615,716

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 18/06/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1909
CH   Cae Harris (Dowlais) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 20/05/1950
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 15/07/1950
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 03/10/1953
     Withdrawn on 09/05/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 20/05/1950
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 15/07/1950
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   m/e 31/05/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 83
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cae Harris (Dowlais) (CH)    
20/05/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
15/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
09/05/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 83    
18/06/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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