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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4684 on 02/12/1944

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 352
To Service Wed 02/12/1944
Withdrawal Wed 21/07/1965
Service Life 20 yrs, 7 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 02/12/1944
DYD   Duffryn Yard on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/06/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 6w/e 30/06/1952
87B   Duffryn Yard 2w/e 12/07/1952
87K   Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 29/01/1955
87B   Duffryn Yard 8w/e 26/03/1955
88H   Tondu 4w/e 06/04/1963
82E   Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 27/07/1963
     Withdrawn on 21/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 14/06/1952
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 12/07/1952
ALLOC 87K Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 29/01/1955
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 26/02/1955
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 06/04/1963
ALLOC 82E Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 27/07/1963
WDN   w/e 25/07/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/12/1944 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4684
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Duffryn Yard (DYD)    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
29/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) (87K)    
26/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
06/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Barrow Road (82E)    
21/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 4684    
10/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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