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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6712 m/e 06/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder W.G. Bagnall
Order Number 279
Works Number 2393
To Service During 06/1930
Withdrawal Mon 18/07/1960
Service Life 30 yrs, 1 mth , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1960 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1930
CV.BRY   Barry on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CV.AYN   Abercynon m/e 31/03/1948
CV.BRY   Barry m/e 30/06/1948
87K   Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 02/11/1957
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 05/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 18/07/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC AYN Abercynon m/e 31/03/1948
ALLOC BRY Barry m/e 30/06/1948
ALLOC 87K Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 05/09/1959
WDN   m/e 31/07/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1959 Swansea Paxton St. MPD (Gurnos) The former LNW M.P.D. (Paxton St.) was closed w.e.f. 31st August; freight diagrams and 8F 2-8-0s have been transferred to Llanelly whilst passenger turns and the Fowler 2-6-4Ts transferred to Landore-the remaining shunting turns have been transferred to East Dock, which has taken over Upper Bank and Gurnos, the two ex-M.R. sheds. The present allocation at Upper Bank is 6700/2/14/38/63/6/7/8/73/4/8 and at Gurnos 6712/20/49/70/7. Llandovery is now sub to Llanelly. SLS/195910

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6712
Built at W.G. Bagnall, Works Number 2393		    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Barry (CV.BRY)    
31/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (CV.AYN)    
30/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (CV.BRY)    
02/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea Paxton Street (Victoria) (87K)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
18/07/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 6712    
10/1960 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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