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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5642 m/e 10/1925

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 228
To Service During 10/1925
Withdrawal Fri 21/09/1962
Service Life 36 yrs, 11 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1925
SALOP   Shrewsbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 01/11/1952
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 30/01/1954
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 16/07/1955
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/11/1955
86J   Aberdare 4w/e 08/08/1959
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 5w/e 30/01/1954
ALLOC 86B Newport Pill 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh m/e 30/11/1955
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 08/08/1959
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5642
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (SALOP)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
05/11/1955 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
08/08/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
09/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    
21/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5642    

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