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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1618 on 19/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 16xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 381
To Service Mon 19/12/1949 to Llanelli (LLY)
Withdrawal Mon 21/05/1962
Service Life 12 yrs, 5 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
LLY   Llanelli (New) on 19/12/1949
LDR   Landore 4w/e 28/01/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 09/08/1952
87F   Llanelli 7w/e 31/08/1952
84K   Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 01/11/1958
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 30/01/1960
     Withdrawn on 21/05/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW LLY Llanelli m/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 28/01/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 09/08/1952
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 27/02/1954
ALLOC 84K Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 30/01/1960
WDN   m/e 31/05/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1958 Burry Port MPD On 30th June, the allocation was 1607/9/14/5/8/51/66. SLS/195808

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
19/12/1949 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1618
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Llanelli (LLY)
   
28/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (LDR)    
09/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
31/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
01/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Wrexham Rhosddu (84K)    
30/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
21/05/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 1618    
02/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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