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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1669 on 26/05/1955

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 16xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 417
To Service Fri 26/05/1955 to St Philips Marsh (82B)
Withdrawal Fri 01/10/1965
Service Life 10 yrs, 4 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
82B   St Philips Marsh (New) on 26/05/1955
84K   Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 01/11/1958
81C   Southall 4w/e 30/01/1960
87H   Neyland 4w/e 13/08/1960
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 24/02/1962
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 2w/e 17/11/1962
87F   Llanelli 5w/e 24/08/1964
     Withdrawn on 01/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 82B St Philips Marsh m/e 31/05/1955
ALLOC 84K Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 30/01/1960
ALLOC 87H Neyland 4w/e 13/08/1960
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 24/02/1962
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 3w/e 10/08/1964
WDN   on 01/10/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
26/05/1955 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1669
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)
   
01/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Wrexham Rhosddu (84K)    
30/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
13/08/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Neyland (87H)    
24/02/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
24/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
01/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 1669    
02/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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