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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4680 on 30/06/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 352
To Service Fri 30/06/1944
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 21 yrs, 6 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1966 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 30/06/1944
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
OXF   Oxford 4w/e 16/07/1949
81B   Slough 4w/e 08/08/1953
85A   Worcester 4w/e 10/08/1957
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXF Oxford 4w/e 16/07/1949
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 08/08/1953
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 10/08/1957
WDN   7w/e 16/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
18/05/1963 Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) Works (In Works) In Works1424, 3607(84G), 3763, 4132/55, 4278, 4646/80, 5263, 5938/75, 6690(88J), 6900/04/16/60/88, 7210, 9790/4. Waiting Works: L92 (ex-5786), 2896, 4255, 6648. Ex Works: 8400, 6134. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
30/06/1944 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4680
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
16/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (OXF)    
08/08/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
10/08/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 4680    
06/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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