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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 410 m/e 01/1921
Great Western Railway 399 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During 01/1921
Withdrawal Mon 03/09/1956
Service Life 35 yrs, 8 mths , 3 dys
Total Mileage 695,970

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 06/10/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1921
THT   Treherbert on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88C   Barry 4w/e 03/10/1953
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 25/11/1953
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 17/07/1954
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 04/12/1954
     Withdrawn on 03/09/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 28/11/1953
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 04/12/1954
WDN   m/e 30/09/1956

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
23/09/1956 Swindon Works On Works were noted the following : 92089, complete, no shed plate; 92088, 92090, almost complete, numbers chalked on; 6848 'Toddington Grange' painted green and lined out; 6029 just out, without double chimney; 316, 382, 399 being groken up. SLS/195611

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1921 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 410
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 399    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Treherbert (THT)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
25/11/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
17/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
04/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
03/09/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 399    
06/10/1956 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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