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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 9798 on 16/09/1936

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 299
To Service Fri 16/09/1936
Withdrawal Fri 09/10/1964
Service Life 28 yrs , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 16/09/1936
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84A   Stafford Road 2w/e 12/07/1952
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 29/11/1952
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 12/01/1963
88C   Barry 4w/e 28/12/1963
     Withdrawn on 09/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 12/07/1952
ALLOC ME   4w/e 29/11/1952
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 12/01/1963
TOSTORE   5w/e 31/08/1963
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 31/12/1963
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 3w/e 14/09/1964
WDN   3w/e 05/10/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
16/09/1936 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 9798
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
12/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
09/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 9798    
12/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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