Its last shed allocation was to Cardiff East Dock before it was withdrawn from duties in June 1964.
The engine ended up at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, and thus survived into preservation unlike some of its other classmates.
Purchased by a private individual, Ken Ryder, 5952 Cogan Hall was the 136th departure from Barry in September 1981.
However, in 2010, it was sold to the Betton Grange Society, who intend to use its bogie and tender for the new-build loco.
In the long-term, the Society hopes to restore the engine at its new home on the Llangollen Railway, once work on the Grange is complete.