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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7779 m/e 11/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1135
To Service During 11/1930
Withdrawal During 10/1958
Service Life 27 yrs, 10 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1968

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1930
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88C   Barry 4w/e 04/10/1952
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 25/11/1953
     Withdrawn m/e 10/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 28/11/1953
OFFSTOCK UNK   m/e 31/10/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7779
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1135
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
25/11/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
10/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 7779    
09/1968 Scrapped Scrapped    

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