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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 157 m/e 05/1919
Great Western Railway 379 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Nasmyth Wilson
To Service During 05/1919
Withdrawal Mon 27/02/1956
Service Life 36 yrs, 9 mths , 28 dys
Total Mileage 813,626

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 21/04/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1919
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 26/01/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 29/02/1952
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 03/10/1953
     Withdrawn on 27/02/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 26/01/1952
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   m/e 29/02/1956

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1919 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 157
Built at Nasmyth Wilson 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 379    
26/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
29/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
27/02/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 379    
21/04/1956 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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