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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 59 m/e 06/1907
Great Western Railway (1922) 293 4w/e 10/1922

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Hurry Riches
Class O4
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Manning, Wardle & Co.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1700
To Service During 06/1907
Withdrawal Fri 27/07/1951
Service Life 44 yrs, 1 mth , 26 dys
Total Mileage 689,952

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 08/09/1951 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1907
CVRYR     8w/e 23/03/1946
RYR   Radyr on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
RHY   Rhymney m/e 31/03/1948
RYR   Radyr 4w/e 10/07/1948
     Withdrawn on 27/07/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RYR Radyr 4w/e 23/02/1946
ALLOC RHY Rhymney m/e 31/03/1948
ALLOC RYR Radyr 4w/e 10/07/1948
WDN   m/e 31/07/1951

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1907 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 59
Built at Manning, Wardle & Co., Works Number 1700
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 293    
23/03/1946 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Radyr (RYR)    
31/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Rhymney (RHY)    
10/07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (RYR)    
27/07/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 293    
08/09/1951 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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