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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7751 m/e 12/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 24039
To Service During 12/1930
Withdrawal Mon 19/10/1959
Service Life 28 yrs, 10 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Sun 28/02/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1930
CED   Cardiff East Dock on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 06/10/1956
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 25/01/1958
88A   Radyr 4w/e 12/06/1958
88C   Barry 4w/e 27/12/1958
     Withdrawn on 19/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 06/10/1956
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 88C Barry m/e 31/01/1959
WDN   m/e 31/10/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 General Further locomotives noted carrying the prefix 'W' with blank tanks or tender sides were:-Nos. 33, 216/63, 393, 1141, 1993, 2048, 5388, 5625, 6703, 7751/68, while those lettered 'British Railways' were:-Nos. 361, 3103, 4217, 4533, 5035/99, 5257, 5520, 5641/52/55 an 6964. Nos. 271, 4206 an 5958 had been prefixed, but still carried 'G.W.R.' SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7751
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24039
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff East Dock (CED)    
06/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
12/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
27/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
19/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 7751    
28/02/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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