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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 406 m/e 11/1920
Great Western Railway 393 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During 11/1920
Withdrawal Mon 13/05/1957
Service Life 36 yrs, 6 mths , 12 dys
Total Mileage 731,608

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 15/06/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1920
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 26/01/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 29/02/1952
88C   Barry 4w/e 03/10/1953
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1956
     Withdrawn on 13/05/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 26/01/1952
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1956
WDN   m/e 31/05/1957

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 General Further locomotives noted carrying the prefix 'W' with blank tanks or tender sides were:-Nos. 33, 216/63, 393, 1141, 1993, 2048, 5388, 5625, 6703, 7751/68, while those lettered 'British Railways' were:-Nos. 361, 3103, 4217, 4533, 5035/99, 5257, 5520, 5641/52/55 an 6964. Nos. 271, 4206 an 5958 had been prefixed, but still carried 'G.W.R.' SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1920 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 406
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 393    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
26/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
29/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
11/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
13/05/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 393    
15/06/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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