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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6601 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 Mon 05/11/1962
Service Life 35 yrs, 3 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1927
CHR   Chester West 4w/e 08/02/1936
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88H   Tondu 4w/e 27/01/1962
     Withdrawn on 05/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 27/01/1962
WDN   on 05/11/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/08/1962 Oxley MPD Ex works: 6601. 5916 Trinity Hall on Oxley minus names and numbers. SLS/196209

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6601
Built at Swindon Works
   
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (CHR)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
27/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
05/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 6601    
12/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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