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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4212 m/e 08/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2456
To Service During 08/1912
Withdrawal Mon 15/06/1959
Service Life 46 yrs, 10 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Sun 28/02/1960 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1912
LDR   Landore 4w/e 11/01/1936
LDR   Landore on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
DYD   Duffryn Yard m/e 30/04/1948
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 21/03/1959
     Withdrawn on 15/06/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC DYD Duffryn Yard m/e 30/04/1948
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 21/03/1959
WDN   m/e 30/06/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4212
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2456
   
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (LDR)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Landore (LDR)    
30/04/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (DYD)    
21/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
15/06/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 4212    
28/02/1960 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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