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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
GWR 7755 m/e 12/1930

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 24043
To Service During 12/1930
Withdrawal During 05/1962
Scrapping During 09/1962 at Cashmore's (Newport)
Service Life 31 yrs , 5 mths

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1930
87G Carmarthen 8w/e 11/07/1953
86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 21/04/1956
86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 31/10/1959
   Withdrawn m/e 05/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87F Llanelly 4w/e 20/05/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelly 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 21/04/1956
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 31/10/1959
WDN   m/e 31/05/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7755
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24043		    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
21/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
05/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 7755    

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