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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5692 m/e 01/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 235
To Service During 01/1927
Withdrawal Wed 21/07/1965
Service Life 38 yrs, 6 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1927
RHY   Rhymney on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 17/10/1950
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 31/10/1950
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 12/06/1958
88A   Radyr 4w/e 27/12/1958
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 08/10/1960
88H   Tondu 4w/e 27/07/1963
88B   Radyr 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 21/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 88A Radyr m/e 31/01/1959
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 05/10/1960
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 27/07/1963
ALLOC 88B Radyr 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   w/e 25/07/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5692
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Rhymney (RHY)    
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
12/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
27/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
08/10/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
21/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 5692    
10/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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