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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5770 m/e 09/1929

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 258
To Service During 09/1929
Withdrawal Wed 20/12/1961
Service Life 32 yrs, 3 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1962 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1929
ABDR   Aberdare on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 03/10/1953
     Withdrawn on 20/12/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   m/e 31/12/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/03/1962 Swindon Works (Dump) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5770
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberdare (ABDR)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
20/12/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 5770    
05/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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