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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6602 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 23/10/1964
Service Life 37 yrs, 2 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1927
CV.BRY   Barry on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86C   Cardiff Canton 3w/e 19/05/1951
88C   Barry 4w/e 14/07/1951
88C   Barry m/e 31/07/1951
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 19/04/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 3w/e 17/05/1952
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 08/10/1955
87E   Landore 4w/e 18/06/1960
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 17/06/1961
87H   Neyland 4w/e 15/07/1961
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 12/08/1961
87E   Landore 4w/e 28/12/1963
     Withdrawn on 23/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 14/07/1951
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 19/04/1952
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 87E Landore 4w/e 18/06/1960
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 17/06/1961
ALLOC 87H Neyland 4w/e 15/07/1961
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 12/08/1961
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 31/12/1963
WDN   w/e 26/10/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6602
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Barry (CV.BRY)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
14/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
31/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
15/07/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Neyland (87H)    
12/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
23/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6602    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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