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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 13 m/e 10/1910
Great Western Railway (1922) 409 4w/e 10/1922
Great Western Railway (1946) 218 on 10/01/1950 (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 5384
To Service During 10/1910
Withdrawal Thu 04/12/1952
Service Life 42 yrs, 2 mths , 4 dys
Total Mileage 680,803

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 24/01/1953 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1910
THT   Treherbert on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CV.FDL   Ferndale 4w/e 30/06/1949
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 04/11/1950
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 30/11/1950
88F   Treherbert m/e 31/10/1951
     Withdrawn on 04/12/1952

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 88F Treherbert m/e 31/10/1951
WDN   m/e 31/12/1952

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1910 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 13
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5384
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 409    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Treherbert (THT)    
30/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Ferndale (CV.FDL)    
10/01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 218    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
31/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
04/12/1952 Withdrawn Condemned as 218    
24/01/1953 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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