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A GWR cast-iron CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE "8796". A...

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A GWR cast-iron CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE  8796 . A...
A GWR cast-iron CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE "8796". As carried by the GWR '8750 Class' 0-6-0PT built at Swindon in March 1934 under Lot 282 at a cost of £2,514. Initially allocated to Llantrisant, she moved to Newport Ebbw in 1938; Aberbeeg in 1943; Newport Ebbw again in 1945; Newport Pill in 1949; and finally Stafford Road in 1958 from where she was withdrawn on 27th April 1961 after running 542,062 miles. She was cut up by John Cashmore Ltd, Town Quay, Newport, Mon. by 25th August 1961. The plate is face-repainted and mounted on a wooden display board with an engraved brass description-plate.