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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 162 m/e 05/1920
Great Western Railway 383 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 12/08/1957
Service Life 37 yrs, 3 mths , 13 dys
Total Mileage 797,402

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

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1920
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88E   Abercynon 8w/e 20/04/1957
     Withdrawn on 12/08/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
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
05/1920 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 162
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 383    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
12/08/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 383    
02/11/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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