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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 69 m/e 08/1907
Great Western Railway (1922) 420 4w/e 10/1922
Great Western Railway (1946) 220 on 12/11/1948 (At Caerphilly Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Hurry Riches
Class O4
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Manning, Wardle & Co.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1703
To Service During 08/1907
Withdrawal Sun 08/04/1951
Service Life 43 yrs, 8 mths , 8 dys
Total Mileage 406,830

Disposal
Scrapping Sat 08/09/1951 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1907
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 08/04/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 30/04/1951

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1907 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 69
Built at Manning, Wardle & Co., Works Number 1703
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 420    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
12/11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 220    
08/04/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 220    
08/09/1951 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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