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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5615 m/e 03/1925

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 228
To Service During 03/1925
Withdrawal Tue 02/07/1963
Service Life 38 yrs, 4 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1925
CV.FDL   Ferndale 4w/e 08/02/1936
THT   Treherbert 4w/e 07/03/1936
THT   Treherbert on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 04/12/1954
88A   Radyr 4w/e 04/10/1958
88C   Barry 4w/e 29/11/1958
88A   Radyr 4w/e 18/04/1959
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 09/09/1961
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 01/06/1963
     Withdrawn on 02/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 04/12/1954
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 09/09/1961
TOSTORE   4w/e 06/04/1963
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 01/06/1963
WDN   4w/e 29/06/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5615
Built at Swindon Works
   
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Ferndale (CV.FDL)    
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (THT)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Treherbert (THT)    
04/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
29/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
18/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
09/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
01/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
02/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5615    
01/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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