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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5675 m/e 09/1926

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 235
To Service During 09/1926
Withdrawal Sat 26/12/1964
Service Life 38 yrs, 3 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1965 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1926
lly   Llandovery 4w/e 11/01/1936
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LLY   Llanelli m/e 31/05/1948
LDR   Landore 4w/e 29/01/1949
LLY   Llanelli 4w/e 21/05/1949
LLY   Llanelli 4w/e 10/09/1949
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 25/03/1950
87K   Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 21/04/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 19/05/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 12/07/1952
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 04/10/1952
87K   Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 24/01/1953
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 21/02/1953
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/09/1953
81E   Didcot 4w/e 05/11/1955
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 17/05/1958
88A   Radyr 4w/e 24/01/1959
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 03/10/1959
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 29/06/1963
     Withdrawn on 26/12/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LLY Llanelli m/e 31/05/1948
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 29/01/1949
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 10/09/1949
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 25/03/1950
ALLOC 87K Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 12/07/1952
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 87K Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 24/01/1953
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/09/1953
ALLOC 81E Didcot m/e 30/11/1955
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 88A Radyr m/e 28/02/1959
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 03/10/1959
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 29/06/1963
WDN   5w/e 04/01/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5675
Built at Swindon Works
   
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Llandovery (lly)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
31/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
29/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (LDR)    
21/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
10/09/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (LLY)    
25/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
21/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) (87K)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
24/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) (87K)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
05/09/1953 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
05/11/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
24/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
29/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
26/12/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5675    
04/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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