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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5652 m/e 01/1926

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 235
To Service During 01/1926
Withdrawal Thu 27/09/1962
Service Life 36 yrs, 8 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1926
CH   Cae Harris (Dowlais) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 28/01/1961
     Withdrawn on 27/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 28/01/1961
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 General Further locomotives noted carrying the prefix 'W' with blank tanks or tender sides were:-Nos. 33, 216/63, 393, 1141, 1993, 2048, 5388, 5625, 6703, 7751/68, while those lettered 'British Railways' were:-Nos. 361, 3103, 4217, 4533, 5035/99, 5257, 5520, 5641/52/55 an 6964. Nos. 271, 4206 an 5958 had been prefixed, but still carried 'G.W.R.' SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5652
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cae Harris (Dowlais) (CH)    
28/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
27/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5652    
11/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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