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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5408 m/e 01/1932

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 54xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 277
To Service During 01/1932
Withdrawal Tue 18/12/1956
Service Life 24 yrs, 11 mths , 17 dys
Total Mileage 671,286
Information Arrived at Swindon for cutting on 2/1/1957 from Gloucester

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 26/01/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1932
LDR   Landore 4w/e 26/01/1946
LDR   Landore on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87G   Carmarthen 3w/e 19/05/1951
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 19/04/1952
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 3w/e 17/05/1952
     Withdrawn on 18/12/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LDR Landore m/e 28/02/1946
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 19/04/1952
WDN   m/e 31/12/1956

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1932 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5408
Built at Swindon Works 		   
26/01/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (LDR)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Landore (LDR)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
18/12/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 5408    
26/01/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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