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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 97 m/e 07/1908
Great Western Railway (1922) 298 4w/e 10/1922

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Hurry Riches
Class O4
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 5097
To Service During 07/1908
Withdrawal Sat 10/07/1948
Service Life 40 yrs , 10 dys
Total Mileage 649,852

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 03/12/1949 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1908
CV.FDL   Ferndale on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 10/07/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN FDL Ferndale m/e 31/07/1948

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1908 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 97
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5097
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 298    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ferndale (CV.FDL)    
10/07/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 298    
03/12/1949 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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