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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 118 m/e 10/1910
Great Western Railway (1922) 321 4w/e 10/1922
Great Western Railway (1946) 215 on 14/04/1948 (At Caerphilly Factory)

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 5391
To Service During 10/1910
Withdrawal Sat 23/07/1955
Service Life 44 yrs, 9 mths , 23 dys
Total Mileage 739,825

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 05/11/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1910
CV.FDL   Ferndale on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 23/07/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 03/10/1953

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1948 Caerphilly Works On 2/4 the following locomotives were noted in the Erecting Shop:-Nos. 64, 72, 270, 320/21, 390, 3103/89, 3712, 4134, 4256/63/93/98, 4404, 5114, 5223, 5635/58/68/80, 6661 an 8796, while outside were observed Nos. 190, 3178, 4238/52, 5219, 5549 an 5649. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1910 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 118
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5391
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 321    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ferndale (CV.FDL)    
14/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 215    
23/07/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 215    
05/11/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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