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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8736 m/e 04/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder W.G. Bagnall
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 2433
To Service During 04/1931
Withdrawal Tue 13/03/1962
Service Life 30 yrs, 11 mths , 10 dys

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1931
CH   Cae Harris (Dowlais) 4w/e 14/12/1935
MTHR   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 07/03/1936
68   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 03/11/1945
MTHR   Merthyr Tydfil on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 21/02/1959
     Withdrawn on 13/03/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC MYR   4w/e 03/11/1945
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 21/02/1959
WDN   m/e 31/03/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8736
Built at W.G. Bagnall, Works Number 2433
   
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Cae Harris (Dowlais) (CH)    
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (MTHR)    
03/11/1945 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Merthyr Tydfil (MTHR)    
21/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
13/03/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 8736    
05/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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