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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3727 on 26/06/1937

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 299
To Service Mon 26/06/1937
Withdrawal Mon 20/04/1964
Service Life 26 yrs, 9 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 26/06/1937
SHL   Southall on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88A   Cardiff Cathays 8w/e 20/04/1957
88A   Radyr 4w/e 25/01/1958
88C   Barry 4w/e 16/05/1959
88C   Barry 4w/e 28/12/1963
     Withdrawn on 20/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 23/03/1957
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 16/05/1959
TOSTORE   4w/e 09/02/1963
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 31/12/1963
WDN   3w/e 04/05/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
26/06/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3727
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Southall (SHL)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
16/05/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
20/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 3727    
03/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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