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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5685 m/e 01/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 235
To Service During 01/1927
Withdrawal Fri 14/02/1964
Service Life 37 yrs, 1 mth , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1927
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 23/04/1955
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 22/03/1958
88C   Barry 4w/e 03/12/1960
88C   Barry 4w/e 12/08/1961
88A   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 09/09/1961
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1962
     Withdrawn on 14/02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 23/04/1955
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 03/12/1960
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 12/08/1961
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Canton 4w/e 09/09/1961
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1962
WDN   4w/e 24/02/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5685
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
23/04/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
03/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
12/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
09/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (88A)    
11/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
14/02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5685    
04/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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