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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6659 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 Mon 21/10/1963
Service Life 35 yrs, 2 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1928
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CH   Cae Harris (Dowlais) 4w/e 07/08/1948
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays on 14/10/1948
     Withdrawn on 21/10/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CH Cae Harris (Dowlais) 4w/e 07/08/1948
ALLOC CHYS Cardiff Cathays on 14/10/1948
WDN   5w/e 02/11/1963

* 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 6659
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
07/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cae Harris (Dowlais) (CH)    
14/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
21/10/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 6659    
12/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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