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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 415 m/e 12/1921
Great Western Railway 406 y/e 1924
Great Western Railway (1947) 307 on 13/07/1949 (At Caerphilly Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Vulcan Foundry
To Service During 12/1921
Withdrawal Tue 13/03/1956
Service Life 34 yrs, 3 mths , 12 dys
Total Mileage 656,231

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 11/08/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1921
58   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 03/11/1945
88E   Abercynon 8w/e 26/03/1955
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 23/04/1955
     Withdrawn on 13/03/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CYS   4w/e 03/11/1945
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 26/03/1955
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 23/04/1955
WDN   m/e 31/03/1956

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1921 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 415
Built at Vulcan Foundry 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 406    
03/11/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (58)    
13/07/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 307    
26/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
23/04/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
13/03/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 307    
11/08/1956 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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