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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6651 m/e 08/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 255
To Service During 08/1928
Withdrawal w/e Sat 09/10/1965
Service Life 37 yrs, 2 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1928
TDU   Tondu 4w/e 08/02/1936
CDF   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 07/03/1936
PPRD   Pontypool Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
ABDR   Aberdare 4w/e 25/12/1948
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 09/02/1963
89B   Croes Newydd on 15/05/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 09/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ABDR Aberdare 4w/e 25/12/1948
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 09/02/1963
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 4w/e 01/06/1963
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region 4w/e 01/06/1963
WDN   w/e 09/10/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6651
Built at Swindon Works
   
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (TDU)    
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
25/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (ABDR)    
09/02/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
15/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
09/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6651    
02/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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