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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 149 m/e 05/1920
Great Western Railway 376 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During 05/1920
Withdrawal Mon 14/01/1957
Service Life 36 yrs, 8 mths , 15 dys
Total Mileage 755,546

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 07/09/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1920
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 25/11/1953
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 19/06/1954
88C   Barry 4w/e 01/01/1955
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 06/10/1956
     Withdrawn on 14/01/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 28/11/1953
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 19/06/1954
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 01/01/1955
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 06/10/1956
WDN   m/e 31/01/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1920 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 149
Built at Hawthorn Leslie 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 376    
25/11/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
01/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
06/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
14/01/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 376    
07/09/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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