6695 Tank Locomotive
Locomotive 6695 – 66XX 0-6-2T Mixed Traffic Tank Engine.
Locomotive 6695 is currently at Williton for an examination of the coupled wheel axleboxes, the crowns and horns and the radial truck wheel set to assess for any damage and to carry out the agreed repair work.
Locomotive 6695 was completed at Armstrong Whitworth's Newcastle works in October 1928 and was given works number 983. 6695 was originally deployed to Tyseley and then in April 1929 to Leamington hauling outer suburban passenger services from Birmingham's Snow Hill station to Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington. In September 1934, 6695 was transferred to freight work at Oxley near Wolverhampton and then to Wolverhampton Stafford Road in February 1938 but returned to Oxley in January 1939. Later in 1939 it was transferred to Swansea East Docks and spent an uneventful war until June 1947 when it again moved - this time to Swansea Landore. 6695 was employed on local passenger and freight work during the late 1940's and through the 1950's moving to Neath in 1961. At Neath it hauled the last scheduled through passenger train from Neath General to Treherbert. The locomotives last move was to Radyr during November 1963 where it was withdrawn from service in July 1964 and despatched to Woodham's Scrapyard at Barry Island in South Wales.
For more information please see: www.swanagerailway.co.uk/6695
Update:
On 06 November work commenced on the locomotives coupled wheel axleboxes, crowns, horns and the radial truck to assess for any damage. The locomotive was lifted using Matterson Jacks and the wheel sets were removed for examination.
