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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5617 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 Sat 01/09/1962
Service Life 37 yrs, 6 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1963 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1925
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/06/1950
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 29/12/1951
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 31/01/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 3w/e 17/05/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/06/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 6w/e 30/06/1952
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 30/01/1954
     Withdrawn on 01/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 29/12/1951
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/05/1952
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/06/1952
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 5w/e 30/01/1954
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5617
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
29/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
31/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
01/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5617    
08/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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