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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 11 m/e 12/1914
Great Western Railway 343 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During 12/1914
Withdrawal Wed 05/10/1955
Service Life 40 yrs, 10 mths , 5 dys
Total Mileage 666,041

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 31/12/1955 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1914
CVCYS     8w/e 23/03/1946
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 05/10/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RYR Radyr 4w/e 23/02/1946
ALLOC CHYS Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 23/03/1946
WDN   m/e 31/10/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1914 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 11
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 343    
23/03/1946 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
05/10/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 343    
31/12/1955 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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