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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6433 on 15/03/1937

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 64xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 305
To Service Mon 15/03/1937
Withdrawal Mon 14/01/1963
Service Life 25 yrs, 9 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 15/03/1937
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 18/05/1946
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 03/10/1953
     Withdrawn on 14/01/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   4w/e 09/02/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Swindon Works New work August: No. 7016 CDF, 7017 G. J. Churchward PDN; 7430/32 STB, 7431/33 CNYD, 7434. No. 4160 is nearing completion (26/8). Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. *100A1, 1018, 1461, 1934/57, 2144, 2340, 2746/64, 2882, 2938/39, 3613/76, 3823/25/57, *3902, *3953, 4045/85, 4119, 4269, 4552, 4671, *4802, *4850, *4852, 4902/14/20/25/28/69/76, 5006/39/63/64/84, 5107/83, 5261, 5325, 5416/20, 5540, 5756, 5932/71/80/93, 6000/08/10/22, 6311/33/85, 6433. 6746, 6849/79, 6945/60, 7206/30, 7726/82, 7800/15, 8104, **8393, 8709, 9301. *Oil-burning. **Converted to 53XX. Works' pilots of late have been: Nos. 212 (since sent for scrap, w/e 21/8), 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 SLS/194810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
15/03/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6433
Built at Swindon Works
   
18/05/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
14/01/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 6433    
06/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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