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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6709 m/e 05/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder W.G. Bagnall
Order Number 279
Works Number 2390
To Service During 05/1930
Withdrawal Wed 29/01/1958
Service Life 27 yrs, 8 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 22/03/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1930
CED   Cardiff East Dock on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 29/01/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 31/01/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during December included the following: 100, 1943, 2132, 2792, 2809, 2825, 2837, 2840, 2844, 2851, 2891, 2912, 2955, 2980, 2989, 3016, 3026, 3040, 3804, 3829, 3838, 3865, 4025, 4038, 4059, 4080, 4704, 4950, 4955, 5001, 5023, 5039, 5060, 5063, 5079, 5083, 5085, 5349, 5374, 5376, 5380, 5926, 5956, 5961, 6009, 6029, 6333, 6354, 6929, 6933, 6935, 6956, 7320, and W.D. 77001. Works' pilots during the same period have included: 200, 207, 242, 1731, 1732, 1761, 2723, and 2773. Practically all 57XX going through the works are now receiving a top-feed boiler. Locos. noted recently so altered are: 3766, 6709, 8711, 8753, and 8780 NEA (the latter was seen at Paddington on 28/12, working empty stock!). 5083 Bath Abbey ('Castle') is an oil burner with large tender having different shape fuel tanks. New 'Counties' reported are: 1020 (SRD), 1021 (PDN), and 1022 (LA) SLS/194702

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6709
Built at W.G. Bagnall, Works Number 2390
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff East Dock (CED)    
29/01/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 6709    
22/03/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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