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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6670 m/e 09/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 255
To Service During 09/1928
Withdrawal Thu 03/10/1963
Service Life 35 yrs, 1 mth , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1928
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
85A   Worcester 4w/e 07/10/1961
88G   Llantrisant 4w/e 08/09/1962
88C   Barry 4w/e 27/07/1963
     Withdrawn on 03/10/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 28/12/1946
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 88G Llantrisant 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 27/07/1963
WDN   5w/e 02/11/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6670
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Llantrisant (88G)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
03/10/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 6670    
03/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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