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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 119 m/e 10/1910
Great Western Railway (1922) 324 4w/e 10/1922
Great Western Railway (1946) 216 on 31/03/1948 (At Caerphilly Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Hurry Riches
Class O4
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 5392
To Service During 10/1910
Withdrawal Mon 24/01/1955
Service Life 44 yrs, 3 mths , 25 dys
Total Mileage 741,351

Disposal
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1910
CVFDL     8w/e 23/03/1946
CV.FDL   Ferndale on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 17/06/1950
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 08/09/1951
     Withdrawn on 24/01/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC FDL Ferndale 4w/e 23/02/1946
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 18/04/1953
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   m/e 31/01/1955

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 General Further locomotives noted carrying the prefix 'W' with blank tanks or tender sides were:-Nos. 33, 216/63, 393, 1141, 1993, 2048, 5388, 5625, 6703, 7751/68, while those lettered 'British Railways' were:-Nos. 361, 3103, 4217, 4533, 5035/99, 5257, 5520, 5641/52/55 an 6964. Nos. 271, 4206 an 5958 had been prefixed, but still carried 'G.W.R.' SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1910 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 119
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5392
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 324    
23/03/1946 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ferndale (CV.FDL)    
31/03/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 216    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
24/01/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 216    

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