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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 43 m/e 12/1921

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Hurry Riches
Class R
Company History RR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
To Service During 12/1921
Withdrawal Mon 25/02/1957
Service Life 35 yrs, 2 mths , 26 dys
Total Mileage 565,698

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 23/03/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1921
RYR   Radyr on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 10/09/1955
     Withdrawn on 25/02/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 10/09/1955
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 31/12/1955
WDN   m/e 28/02/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1921 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 43
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd.
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Radyr (RYR)    
10/09/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
25/02/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 43    
23/03/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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