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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 1 m/e 07/1910
Great Western Railway (1922) 278 4w/e 10/1922

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Hurry Riches
Class O4
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 2529
To Service During 07/1910
Withdrawal Mon 28/05/1951
Service Life 40 yrs, 10 mths , 28 dys
Total Mileage 656,178

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 08/09/1951 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1910
CVFDL     8w/e 23/03/1946
CV.FDL   Ferndale on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 28/05/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FDL Ferndale 4w/e 23/02/1946
WDN   m/e 31/05/1951

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1910 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 1
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 2529
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 278    
23/03/1946 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ferndale (CV.FDL)    
28/05/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 278    
08/09/1951 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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