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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 404 m/e 09/1920
Great Western Railway 390 y/e 1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Cameron
Class A
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Hawthorn Leslie
To Service During 09/1920
Withdrawal Mon 26/08/1957
Service Life 36 yrs, 11 mths , 26 dys
Total Mileage 668,888

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 30/11/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1920
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88C   Barry 4w/e 25/11/1953
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1956
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 26/01/1957
88E   Abercynon 8w/e 20/04/1957
     Withdrawn on 26/08/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 28/11/1953
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1956
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 26/01/1957
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 23/03/1957
WDN   m/e 31/08/1957

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1948 Caerphilly Works On 2/4 the following locomotives were noted in the Erecting Shop:-Nos. 64, 72, 270, 320/21, 390, 3103/89, 3712, 4134, 4256/63/93/98, 4404, 5114, 5223, 5635/58/68/80, 6661 an 8796, while outside were observed Nos. 190, 3178, 4238/52, 5219, 5549 an 5649. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1920 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 404
Built at Hawthorn Leslie
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 390    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
25/11/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
11/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
26/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
26/08/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 390    
30/11/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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