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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5695 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 Tue 18/12/1962
Service Life 35 yrs, 11 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1927
CVFDL     4w/e 26/01/1946
CVTRT     8w/e 23/03/1946
THT   Treherbert on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 18/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC THT Treherbert 4w/e 23/02/1946
ALLOC FDL Ferndale m/e 28/02/1946
WDN   on 18/12/1962

* 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 5695
Built at Swindon Works
   
26/01/1946 Allocation      
23/03/1946 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Treherbert (THT)    
18/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5695    
08/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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