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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8704 m/e 02/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 6684
To Service During 02/1931
Withdrawal Mon 29/02/1960
Service Life 29 yrs , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1931
STB   Stourbridge Junction on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 29/02/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 29/02/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8704
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 6684
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stourbridge Junction (STB)    
29/02/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 8704    
07/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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