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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6427 on 13/11/1935

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 64xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 300
To Service Tue 13/11/1935
Withdrawal Tue 12/08/1958
Service Life 22 yrs, 8 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 04/10/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
58   Cardiff Cathays (New) on 13/11/1935
MTHR   Merthyr Tydfil on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88E   Abercynon m/e 16/06/1956
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/07/1956
     Withdrawn on 12/08/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/07/1956
WDN   m/e 31/08/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
13/11/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6427
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Merthyr Tydfil (MTHR)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
14/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
12/08/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 6427    
04/10/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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