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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 52 m/e 08/1915
Great Western Railway 440 y/e 1924
Great Western Railway (1947) 316 on 15/06/1950 (At Caerphilly Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
To Service During 08/1915
Withdrawal Mon 23/07/1956
Total Mileage 828,608
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 06/10/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)
Service Life 40 yrs, 11 mths , 22 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 08/1915
   Withdrawn on 23/07/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RHY Rhymney on 14/10/1948
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 12/08/1950
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 31/10/1953
WDN   m/e 31/07/1956

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1915 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 52
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 440    
15/06/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 316    
23/07/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 316    

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