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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 413 m/e 03/1921
Great Western Railway 403 y/e 1924
Great Western Railway 305 on 28/05/1947 (At Caerphilly Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During 03/1921
Withdrawal Mon 01/04/1957
Service Life 36 yrs, 1 mth , 4 dys
Total Mileage 745,328

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 18/05/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1921
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 01/04/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 30/04/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1921 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 413
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 403    
28/05/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 305    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
01/04/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 305    
18/05/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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