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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8489 on 25/07/1952

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 94xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
Order Number Unk
Works Number 1836
To Service Fri 25/07/1952 to Cardiff East Dock (88B)
Withdrawal Fri 09/02/1962
Service Life 9 yrs, 6 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
88B   Cardiff East Dock (New) on 25/07/1952
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 09/08/1952
88A   Cardiff Cathays w/e 06/09/1952
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 04/10/1952
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 21/03/1953
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 30/01/1954
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 25/01/1958
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 04/11/1961
     Withdrawn on 09/02/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 31/07/1952
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 09/08/1952
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 06/09/1952
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 5w/e 30/01/1954
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 04/11/1961
WDN   m/e 28/02/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/03/1962 Swindon Works (Works Yard) 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
25/07/1952 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8489
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd, Works Number 1836
Allocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)
   
09/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
06/09/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
04/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
09/02/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 8489    
04/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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