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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5681 m/e 10/1926

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 235
To Service During 10/1926
Withdrawal Fri 07/05/1965
Service Life 38 yrs, 7 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1926
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 04/12/1954
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 26/03/1960
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 28/01/1961
     Withdrawn on 07/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 04/12/1954
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 26/03/1960
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 28/01/1961
TOSTORE   5w/e 12/04/1965
WDN   5w/e 16/05/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5681
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
04/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
26/03/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
28/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
07/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 5681    
08/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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