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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5638 m/e 09/1925

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 228
To Service During 09/1925
Withdrawal Fri 14/02/1964
Service Life 38 yrs, 5 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1925
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PILL   Newport Pill 4w/e 27/11/1948
86J   Aberdare 4w/e 21/04/1951
86J   Aberdare 3w/e 19/05/1951
86G   Pontypool Road 3w/e 17/05/1952
     Withdrawn on 14/02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PILL Newport Pill 4w/e 27/11/1948
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 17/05/1952
WDN   on 14/02/1964
WDN   5w/e 30/03/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5638
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (PILL)    
21/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
14/02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5638    
03/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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