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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 113 m/e 10/1910
Great Western Railway (1922) 317 4w/e 10/1922
Great Western Railway (1946) 208 on 04/08/1948 (At Caerphilly Factory)

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 5387
To Service During 10/1910
Withdrawal Fri 22/07/1955
Service Life 44 yrs, 9 mths , 22 dys
Total Mileage 735,416

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 08/10/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1910
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86J   Aberdare 4w/e 29/11/1952
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 22/05/1954
     Withdrawn on 22/07/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 29/11/1952
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 22/05/1954

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1910 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 113
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5387
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 317    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
04/08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 208    
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
22/07/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 208    
08/10/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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