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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6434 on 12/03/1937

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 64xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 305
To Service Sat 12/03/1937
Withdrawal w/e Sat 05/09/1964
Service Life 27 yrs, 5 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964 at Arnott Young (Avonmour Ironworks, Bilston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 12/03/1937
MTHR   Merthyr Tydfil on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CV.AYN   Abercynon 4w/e 10/07/1948
MTHR   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 07/08/1948
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 18/05/1957
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 05/10/1957
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 02/11/1957
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 07/10/1961
88H   Tondu 4w/e 27/07/1963
2C   Stourbridge Junction on 06/10/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 05/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC AYN Abercynon 4w/e 10/07/1948
ALLOC MTHR Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 07/08/1948
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 18/05/1957
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 27/07/1963
ALLOC 2C Stourbridge Junction 5w/e 12/10/1963
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region 5w/e 02/11/1963
WDN   w/e 05/09/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/03/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6434
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Merthyr Tydfil (MTHR)    
10/07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (CV.AYN)    
07/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (MTHR)    
18/05/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
02/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
06/10/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (2C)    
05/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6434    
11/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Avonmour Ironworks, Bilston    

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