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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Taff Vale Railway 116 m/e 10/1910
Great Western Railway (1922) 320 4w/e 10/1922
Great Western Railway (1946) 211 on 04/05/1948 (At Caerphilly Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer T. Hurry Riches
Class O4
Company History TVR/GWR
Wheels 0-6-2T
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 5390
To Service During 10/1910
Withdrawal Tue 03/05/1955
Service Life 44 yrs, 7 mths , 3 dys
Total Mileage 753,715

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 19/05/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1910
CVDLIS     8w/e 23/03/1946
CH   Cae Harris (Dowlais) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88B   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 23/02/1952
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 04/10/1952
     Withdrawn on 03/05/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC MTHR Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 23/03/1946
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 03/10/1953
WDN   m/e 31/05/1955

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1948 Caerphilly Works On 2/4 the following locomotives were noted in the Erecting Shop:-Nos. 64, 72, 270, 320/21, 390, 3103/89, 3712, 4134, 4256/63/93/98, 4404, 5114, 5223, 5635/58/68/80, 6661 an 8796, while outside were observed Nos. 190, 3178, 4238/52, 5219, 5549 an 5649. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1910 To Service To service as Taff Vale Railway Number 116
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 5390
   
10/1922 Renumbered Renumbered to 320    
23/03/1946 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cae Harris (Dowlais) (CH)    
04/05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 211    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88B)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
03/05/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 211    
19/05/1956 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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