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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6641 m/e 09/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 252
To Service During 09/1928
Withdrawal Sat 01/09/1962
Service Life 34 yrs , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1928
CV.BRY   Barry on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87E   Landore 4w/e 03/10/1959
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 26/12/1959
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 27/02/1960
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 23/04/1960
     Withdrawn on 01/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 21/04/1956
ALLOC 87E Landore 4w/e 03/10/1959
1STALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 26/12/1959
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 23/04/1960
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6641
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Barry (CV.BRY)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
26/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
27/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
23/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
01/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 6641    
11/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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