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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 401 m/e 07/1920
Great Western Railway 387 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During 07/1920
Withdrawal Mon 05/11/1956
Service Life 36 yrs, 4 mths , 6 dys
Total Mileage 850,566

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 29/12/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1920
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 21/04/1956
     Withdrawn on 05/11/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 21/04/1956
WDN   m/e 30/11/1956

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1920 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 401
Built at Hawthorn Leslie 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 387    
21/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
05/11/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 387    
29/12/1956 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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