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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5722 m/e 03/1929

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L852
Works Number 23840
To Service During 03/1929
Withdrawal Mon 22/09/1958
Service Life 29 yrs, 6 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 27/12/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1929
LLY   Llanelli 4w/e 16/11/1935
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 17/06/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 15/07/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 19/05/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 11/08/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 31/08/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 26/01/1952
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 29/02/1952
     Withdrawn on 22/09/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 28/12/1946
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 27/12/1947
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 15/07/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 11/08/1951
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 26/01/1952
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 28/01/1956
WDN   m/e 30/09/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5722
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 23840
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
15/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
11/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
31/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
26/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
29/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
22/09/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 5722    
27/12/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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