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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6682 m/e 10/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 56xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 255
To Service During 10/1928
Withdrawal Fri 14/02/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 4 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1928
OXF   Oxford on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CHYS   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 21/05/1949
     Withdrawn on 14/02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CHYS Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 21/05/1949
WDN   4w/e 24/02/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6682
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxford (OXF)    
21/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (CHYS)    
14/02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6682    
05/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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