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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 159 m/e 07/1919
Great Western Railway 381 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Nasmyth Wilson
To Service During 07/1919
Withdrawal Mon 26/08/1957
Service Life 38 yrs, 1 mth , 27 dys
Total Mileage 630,157
Information Mileage since rebuild in 1925

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 02/11/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1919
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 17/07/1954
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 09/10/1954
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 16/07/1955
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 03/12/1955
88E   Abercynon 8w/e 20/04/1957
     Withdrawn on 26/08/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 11/09/1954
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 03/12/1955
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 20/04/1957
WDN   m/e 31/08/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1919 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 159
Built at Nasmyth Wilson 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 381    
17/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
03/12/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
26/08/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 381    
02/11/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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