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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7738 m/e 01/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 23934
To Service During 01/1930
Withdrawal Mon 16/02/1959
Service Life 29 yrs, 1 mth , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1930
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
RYR   Radyr 4w/e 23/04/1949
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 19/06/1954
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 07/09/1957
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 12/06/1958
     Withdrawn on 16/02/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RYR Radyr 4w/e 23/04/1949
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 19/06/1954
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 07/09/1957
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 12/07/1958
WDN   m/e 28/02/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1959 Swindon Works (Scrapyard) Scrapyard1401/23/9/37/56/7/57, 2254, 2812/23/5/30/3, 4200/26/61, 4377, 4540/53/84, 5315/55/82/6/8/90, 5566, 5703/8/33/43, 5810, 6318/22/8/31/4/54, 6409/28, 6721/3/7/43, 7738. SLS/195907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7738
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 23934
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
23/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (RYR)    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
07/09/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
12/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
16/02/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 7738    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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