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Lot 75
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FIRST OF THE CLASS - C/I Steam Locomotive Cabside Number plate "9600" As carried by a Collett designed ex GWR 57xx Class 0-6-0PT built at Swindon works in February 1945.Allocations included Swindon, Bristol St. Philips Marsh, Aberdare, Neath and Newport Ebbw Jct from where it was withdrawn in September 1965.It was purchased by the NCB soon after and worked at Merthyr Vale Colliery until 1975 when it was purchased for preservation and moved to Tyseley Locomotive works where it still resides.
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