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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6600 m/e 08/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 244
To Service During 08/1927
Withdrawal Fri 24/08/1962
Service Life 35 yrs , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1927
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 21/04/1951
86C   Cardiff Canton 3w/e 19/05/1951
86D   Llantrisant 4w/e 03/10/1959
     Withdrawn on 24/08/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXY Oxley 4w/e 28/12/1946
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 86D Llantrisant 4w/e 03/10/1959
WDN   m/e 31/08/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/06/1959 Tredegar MPD The Barry Island Sunday excursions, for so long worked by ex-L.N.W. 0-8-0s from this shed are now worked by 66XX tanks. On shed at Tredegar, 21st June were-3700 (86K), 5727, 5768 (86B), 6439 (86A), 6600, 9662, 40098 (86K), 40161 (stored), 40171 (86K), 41201/4. SLS/195907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6600
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
21/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Llantrisant (86D)    
24/08/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 6600    
12/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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