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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6661 m/e 09/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 255
To Service During 09/1928
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 36 yrs, 9 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1928
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CV.AYN   Abercynon 4w/e 16/07/1949
86J   Aberdare 4w/e 03/10/1953
88B   Radyr 3w/e 04/05/1964
88B   Radyr 2w/e 10/01/1965
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC AYN Abercynon 4w/e 16/07/1949
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 3w/e 04/05/1964
ALLOC 88B Radyr 5w/e 04/01/1965
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/06/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1948 Caerphilly Works On 2/4 the following locomotives were noted in the Erecting Shop:-Nos. 64, 72, 270, 320/21, 390, 3103/89, 3712, 4134, 4256/63/93/98, 4404, 5114, 5223, 5635/58/68/80, 6661 an 8796, while outside were observed Nos. 190, 3178, 4238/52, 5219, 5549 an 5649. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6661
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
16/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (CV.AYN)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
10/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6661    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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