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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8794 on 02/03/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 282
To Service Sat 02/03/1934
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/07/1963
Service Life 29 yrs, 4 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 02/03/1934
ABEEG   Aberbeeg 4w/e 20/04/1946
ABEEG   Aberbeeg on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 24/01/1953
87E   Landore 4w/e 11/08/1956
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 17/06/1961
70A   Nine Elms on 14/07/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 20/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ABEEG Aberbeeg 4w/e 20/04/1946
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 24/01/1953
ALLOC 87E Landore 4w/e 11/08/1956
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 17/06/1961
WDN   w/e 14/07/1963
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 22/07/1963
WDN   4w/e 27/07/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during April included:- 2095, 2159, 2407, 2612, 2655, 2702, 2784, 2787, 2808, 2835, 2936, 2937, 2940, 2949, 2954, 2989, 3012, 3018, 3048, 3150, 3386, 3586, 3594, 4007, 4020, 4023, 4042, 4078, 4381, 4920, 4968, 4971, 5012, 5043, 5305, 5375, 5960, 5986, 6023, 6309, 6344, 6399, 6953, 6970, and L.M.S. 8465. Further 'Panniers' fitted with T.F. boilers are 3663, 8713, and 8794. Works' pilots during April included: 200, 207, 1542, 1795, 1796, 2723, 2773 and 3561. New engines reported are: 1029 PDN, 9404 PDN. SLS/194706

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/03/1934 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8794
Built at Swindon Works
   
20/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
24/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
11/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
14/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
20/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 8794    
10/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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