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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 102 m/e 06/1908
Great Western Railway (1922) 301 4w/e 10/1922

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Hurry Riches
Class O4
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 5100
To Service During 06/1908
Withdrawal Mon 06/12/1948
Service Life 40 yrs, 6 mths , 5 dys
Total Mileage 664,012

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 29/01/1949 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1908
RYR   Radyr 4w/e 11/01/1936
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 07/03/1936
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CV.FDL   Ferndale 4w/e 21/02/1948
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays m/e 31/03/1948
     Withdrawn on 06/12/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FDL Ferndale 4w/e 21/02/1948
ALLOC CHYS Cardiff Cathays m/e 31/03/1948
WDN CHYS Cardiff Cathays m/e 31/12/1948

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1948 Swindon Works New Work December: Nos. 6766 NEA (8/12), 6767 (21/12), 6768 (23/12); 6993 Arthog Hall WEY (4/12), 6994 Baggrave Hall EXE (9/12), 6995 Benthall Hall TN (17/12). Nos. 6993-95 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 6766-68 are black and unlined. Locomotives entering Works 29/11/48 to 24/12/48: These included Nos. 62 (condemned), 71 (condemned), 301 (condemned)-re-numbered from 201, 1020/21/22/24, 1400/07/44, 2068, 2414, 2833/37/94, 3430/31 (both condemned), 3614/74/82, 3724, 3808/17/21/38/59/64, 4038/39/80/90, 4087, 4112/50, 4274, 4353 (condemned), 4506/14/63/70/87, 4700, 4920/91, 5002/34/41/45/47/70/87, 5022, 5103, 5351/59/97, 5412/22, 5522/32, 5708/12, 5913/19/56/59/95, 6010/12/23, 6100/48/54, 6323/24/39/85, 6423, 6856, 6930/39/66, 7200/20/22, 7401, 7727, 9306, 9601/06. (4150 and 5022 were the locomotives that were involved in the Lapworth accident). On 16/12 the Stock Shed contained the following:-Nos. 5, 2906, 3012/15/17/18/23/41/44, 3453, 4017, 4168/69, 4914, 5153/83. Additional locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 5926 an 6947. 'Austerity' No. 77380 has been fitted with a smokebox numberplate (the first 'Austerity' to be so fitted here). 'Austerity' 2-8-0's to be fitted with standard G.W.R. fittings, which include Wakefield lubricator, G.W. type stuffing box and fountain, whistles, injectors, top feed and fire iron compartment, were ex Swindon Works as follows:-Nos. 77000 (19/5/48). 77027 (24/3/48), 77165 (13/4/48), 77291 (10/12/47), 77429 (9/6/48), 78542 (12/11/47), 79226 (6/9/48), 79278 (28/11/47). Frames are being cut for Lot 373. which, it is understood, is for some 0-6-0PT's with outside Walschaerts valve gear. SLS/194902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1908 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 102
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5100
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 301    
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (RYR)    
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
21/02/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Ferndale (CV.FDL)    
31/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
06/12/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 301    
29/01/1949 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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