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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5756 m/e 05/1929

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 258
To Service During 05/1929
Withdrawal Tue 05/09/1961
Service Life 32 yrs, 4 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1962 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1929
ABEEG   Aberbeeg 8w/e 23/03/1946
ABEEG   Aberbeeg on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 14/06/1952
86G   Pontypool Road 6w/e 30/06/1952
     Withdrawn on 05/09/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ABEEG Aberbeeg 4w/e 23/02/1946
ALLOC TDU Tondu 4w/e 06/09/1947
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 14/06/1952
WDN   m/e 30/09/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Swindon Works New work August: No. 7016 CDF, 7017 G. J. Churchward PDN; 7430/32 STB, 7431/33 CNYD, 7434. No. 4160 is nearing completion (26/8). Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. *100A1, 1018, 1461, 1934/57, 2144, 2340, 2746/64, 2882, 2938/39, 3613/76, 3823/25/57, *3902, *3953, 4045/85, 4119, 4269, 4552, 4671, *4802, *4850, *4852, 4902/14/20/25/28/69/76, 5006/39/63/64/84, 5107/83, 5261, 5325, 5416/20, 5540, 5756, 5932/71/80/93, 6000/08/10/22, 6311/33/85, 6433. 6746, 6849/79, 6945/60, 7206/30, 7726/82, 7800/15, 8104, **8393, 8709, 9301. *Oil-burning. **Converted to 53XX. Works' pilots of late have been: Nos. 212 (since sent for scrap, w/e 21/8), 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 SLS/194810
12/11/1961 Swindon Works 'A' Shop: D603, D825/32/56, D1000-12, D2175-7, D2383/4, D3032, D6320, 1010/15/24, 2832, 4003/82/92/5, 4706, 4903/18/32/76/89, 5073/8/87/96/8, 5974/6, 6014/26/8, 6345, 6826/45, 6909/33/55/81, 7015/21/2/34, 7232, 7322 (being cut up), 7805, 7915, 9400, 13115, 13353/5/62, 15100, 73027, 82004/35, 92233/41/5. Works Sidings: L90, 8, 1006/23, 2215, 3838/9, 4075/83, 4207, 4945, 5071, 5950/98, 6019, 6309/29/38, 6820, 6915/64, 7002, 7901/17, 8787, 9705, 75005, 78008, 92212. Triangle: 1606/15, 4563/5, 5039, 5538, 6415, 6993, 7417, 7787, 8772, 9739. Dump: 1433, 5332, 6700, 8706, 9745/9. 'C' Shop: 6392, 7775 intact. Outside Stock Shed: 5815, 6357, 6900. Weigh House: 5938/55. Outside Weigh House: D831/53, D6303, D7010. Works Shunters: 5756/80, 7756, 8721/62. SLS/196201

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5756
Built at Swindon Works
   
23/03/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
05/09/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 5756    
03/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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