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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5670 m/e 08/1926

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 235
To Service During 08/1926
Withdrawal Mon 19/10/1964
Service Life 38 yrs, 2 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1926
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 21/05/1949
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/05/1958
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 26/12/1959
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 28/12/1963
     Withdrawn on 19/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXY Oxley 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC CHYS Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 17/05/1958
1STALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 26/12/1959
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 31/12/1963
WDN   w/e 19/10/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5670
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
21/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
26/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
19/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5670    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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