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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5742 m/e 03/1929

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L853
Works Number 23860
To Service During 03/1929
Withdrawal Mon 15/09/1958
Service Life 29 yrs, 6 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 04/10/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1929
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 25/03/1950
     Withdrawn on 15/09/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 25/03/1950
WDN   m/e 30/09/1958

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5742
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 23860
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
25/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
15/09/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 5742    
04/10/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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