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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6635 m/e 08/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 252
To Service During 08/1928
Withdrawal Mon 15/06/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 10 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1928
RYR   Radyr 4w/e 14/12/1935
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 11/01/1936
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84C   Banbury 4w/e 25/01/1958
88A   Radyr 4w/e 22/03/1958
     Withdrawn on 15/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 22/03/1958
WDN   w/e 15/06/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6635
Built at Swindon Works
   
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (RYR)    
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
15/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6635    
12/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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