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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5676 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 w/e Sat 06/11/1965
Service Life 39 yrs, 2 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1926
THT   Treherbert on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88B   Radyr 7w/e 22/06/1964
6C   Croes Newydd on 06/09/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 06/11/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88B Radyr 3w/e 29/06/1964
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd w/e 12/09/1964
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region 3w/e 14/09/1964
WDN   w/e 06/11/1965

* 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 5676
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Treherbert (THT)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
06/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
06/11/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 5676    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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