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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8724 m/e 04/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 6704
To Service During 04/1931
Withdrawal Wed 18/07/1962
Service Life 31 yrs, 3 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1931
PPRD   Pontypool Road 4w/e 16/11/1935
ABEEG   Aberbeeg 8w/e 23/03/1946
ABEEG   Aberbeeg on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86J   Aberdare 4w/e 31/10/1953
87C   Danygraig 4w/e 06/11/1954
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 28/11/1959
     Withdrawn on 18/07/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ABEEG Aberbeeg 4w/e 23/02/1946
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 87C Danygraig 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 28/11/1959
WDN   m/e 31/07/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1949 Swindon Works New Work January: Nos. 6996 Blackwell Hall (RDG (4/1)), 6997 Bryn-Ivor Hall (17/1), 6998 Burton Agnes Hall (28/1); 6769 BRY (6/1). Locomotives entering Works 30/12/48 to 28/1/49: These included Nos. p24 (Petrol), 213/46 (Both acting as Works' pilots), 1007/08/19, 1369, 1426/29, 2016 (open cab), 2235/64/94, 2445, 2807/59, 2843, 2942/79/87, 3020/44, 3631/33, 3751, 3811/57 (damaged), 3818/28/55, 4017/41/46/53/59/74/78/79/86, 4122/37, 4225/82,, 4507/10/50/94, 4601, 4801 (Ex-Carriage Stock Shed-for conversion to coal-burning), 4912/15/21/35/58, 5014/27/29/49/57/61/92/93, 5108/34, 5225, 5307/33/48/58, 5502/05/12/31/53/72, 5909/49/61/97 , 6013/23/29, 6104/38/58/66, 6304/07/32/34/59/81, 6432, 6640, 6802/03/64/65/69, 6967, 7412, 7731/62/66/86/87, 7805, 8724/26, 9604/11/53, 9732/53/69, W.D. 77049 (badly damaged), 79279, 79309. Condemned: Nos. *1538, *1713, 2717 (all to Concentration Yard), 1889/97, 2767 (open cab), 2935, 3049, 3446/48, 4320. *After acting as Works' pilot.
Further locomotives painted black and fully lined, include Nos. 4900, 5997, 6930/39, while No. 2166 came out black and unlined-with the original boiler again. No. 3020 has had a heavy repair (with a change of boiler), fitted with a smokebox numberplate, but not re-painted
SLS/194903

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8724
Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 6704
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
23/03/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
31/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Danygraig (87C)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
18/07/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 8724    
02/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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