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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 12 m/e 12/1914
Great Western Railway 344 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 Tue 18/11/1952
Service Life 37 yrs, 11 mths , 19 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1914
rhy   Dowlais Central 4w/e 16/11/1935
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 18/11/1952

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 30/11/1952

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1948 Barry Works On 2/4 the following were observed in the Erecting Shop:-Nos. 344, 3707/14/75, 5608/19/60, 6669, 6754 an 9789, while out-side were:-Nos. 414, 1993, 5630, 6680, 6700 an 8748. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1914 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 12
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 344    
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Dowlais Central (rhy)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
18/11/1952 Withdrawn Condemned as 344    

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