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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5694 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 13/11/1964
Service Life 37 yrs, 10 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1927
CH   Cae Harris (Dowlais) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88F   Treherbert m/e 16/06/1956
88B   Radyr 6w/e 13/04/1964
     Withdrawn on 13/11/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 19/05/1956
ALLOC 88B Radyr 5w/e 30/03/1964
WDN   2w/e 28/11/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/07/1961 Stafford Road Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 1455, 2217, 3210, 3610, 3792, 4110/20, 4290, 4703, 4910/96, 5416, 5563/8/70, 5679, 5957, 6611/68, 7308/39, 7403, 8403, 9464, 9674, 9778. Weigh House : D3034, 1011. Works Yard: 1003/7, 2249, 3201, 3618, 4591, 5548, 5694, 5933, 6314, 6424, 6688, 7244, 73037. SLS/196108

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5694
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cae Harris (Dowlais) (CH)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
13/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
13/11/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5694    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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