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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1663 on 31/03/1955

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 16xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 417
To Service Sat 31/03/1955 to Wellington (84H)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 23/01/1965
Service Life 9 yrs, 9 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
84H   Wellington (New) on 31/03/1955
84K   Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 01/11/1958
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 30/01/1960
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 22/04/1961
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 02/12/1961
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 24/03/1962
89B   Croes Newydd 4w/e 08/09/1962
89D   Oswestry 2w/e 17/11/1962
89A   Shrewsbury w/e 06/04/1963
89B   Croes Newydd w/e 04/05/1963
89B   Croes Newydd w/e 15/06/1963
6C   Croes Newydd w/e 16/05/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 23/01/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 31/03/1955
ALLOC 84K Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 30/01/1960
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 22/04/1961
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 02/12/1961
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 24/03/1962
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 89D Oswestry 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 5w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 5w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd 5w/e 06/06/1964
WDN   w/e 23/01/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/12/1962 Western Regionboundary changes The following former W.R. engines were transferred to the L.M. Region when the depots to which they are allocated became the responsibility of that Region on 1.1.63. The official date of the transfer is December 30th, 1962: D3004/25-9/34-9, D3105-13/5/6/91-4, D3752/5/7, D3950-2/6-8/68-70/73-85/8/95-7, 1002/13/6/9/23/5, 1432/58, 1619/28/32/8/60/3/8, 2210/1/36/89 2845/51/6/66/75/88, 3208/9/17, 3601/5/7/19/25/31/58/60/73, 3709/44/9/70/6/8/82/8/9/92, 3802/6/9/13/5/7/21/5/8/9/31/45/6/9/52/5/7/65, 4105/11/4/20/5/33/40/7-9/53-5/8/65/7/8/71-3/5/6/8/9, 4602/17/45/6/8/65/83/7/96, 4923/46/54/98, 5022/6/31/63/89, 5101/53, 5192, 5606/40/58, 5927/42/83/90/1/4/5, 6129, 6314/64, 6403/24, 6604/9-11/5/8/25/31/2/44/6/63/7/8/71/4/8/9/83/92/4/8, 6803/11/23/7/8/30/1/3/9/42/5/51/3-5/7/8/61/2/4/6/70/1/9, 6903/4/6/7/11/5/6/7/22/5/6/9/30/3/4/52/64/71/6/9/80, 7001/12/4/9/24/6, 7207/18/36, 7414/8/24/6/31/43. 7800-3/6/7/9/10/2/8/9/21-4/7/8, 7905/8/12/5/8/29, 8109, 8464/98, 8718, 9435/63/70/98, 9608/10/3/4/24/30/6/9/46/57/69, 9724/33/53/68/74/82/93, 41201-4/9/31/2/40/1/85, 44835, 45143/5/90, 45283/98, 45406/22, 45572/7, 45660/99, 46401, 46503-27, 48330/47/54/69/402/4/10/2/5/7/8/24/30/6/50/9/60/71/4/5/8, 48724/38/9/68, 73025 6/34-6/90/5/7, 75000/2-4/6/9/20/1/3/4/6/7/9, 78000/2/3/7/8, 80070/8-80/96/8/100/l/2/4/5/31/2/5/6, 82000/3/5/6/9/20/1/31-4, 92001, 92212/3/5/27/8/34/47. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/03/1955 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1663
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Wellington (84H)
   
01/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Wrexham Rhosddu (84K)    
30/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
22/04/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
02/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
24/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Oswestry (89D)    
06/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (89A)    
04/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
15/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
16/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
23/01/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 1663    
06/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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