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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4217 m/e 11/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2461
To Service During 11/1912
Withdrawal Tue 28/07/1959
Service Life 46 yrs, 8 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1912
146   Tondu 4w/e 01/12/1945
ABEEG   Aberbeeg on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TDU   Tondu 4w/e 21/02/1948
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 25/03/1950
86F   Tondu 4w/e 27/12/1952
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 23/02/1957
     Withdrawn on 28/07/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC ABEEG Aberbeeg 4w/e 22/03/1947
ALLOC TDU Tondu 4w/e 21/02/1948
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 25/03/1950
ALLOC 86F Tondu 4w/e 27/12/1952
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 23/02/1957
WDN   m/e 31/07/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during January included: Nos. 198, 250, 1009, 1531, 2793, 2859/80/99, 2929/51, 3011/12/44, 3800/07/09/14, 4076/83/87, 4375, 4408, 4542/61,.4854, 4917/87, 5000/01/19/22/30/33/35/48/65/69/75/91/99, 5928/39/46/58/77/94, 6000/03/17/22, 6357/80, 6821/23/62/74, 6906/32, 7001/07, 7308, 9083, W.D. 77005/58/64, 78543/714/717, 79226/34 an 79303. Engines condemned during the same period included Nos. 242, 504, an 3585. Works pilots recently have been: Nos. 198, 905, 1713, an 1781, while 3561 has been on the carriage side. New work: Nos. 6981 , 6982 and 6983 were completed on 20/1, 26/1, and 3/2 respectively; the construction of the 0-6-0 Diesel-electric shunters (Lot 364) is now under way, and the engine of the first one has been mounted on the frames. The first engine to be lettered 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' and to bear the prefix 'W' in yellow paint, under the numberplate was No. 4946 , which was ex Works on 8/1 (right-hand side only) and later emerged with both sides done on 16/1. Additional locomotives leaving the Works have been dealt with in various styles, as follows: Nos. 4100, 4217, an 5514 with 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' on the tank sides and prefixed with a yellow 'W' (Subsequently to 26/1, all prefixes have been in white paint). Nos. 1017, 4062, 4084, 4087, an 4951 were lettered 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' and prefixed 'W'; 2880, 5388, 5529, an 6736 with plain tenders and tanks and prefixed with a 'W,' while 2830 carried 'G.W.R.' on the tender and prefixed 'W.' On 23/1 No. 7007 had the old nameplates removed and was renamed Great Western, and on 30/1 No. 7001 emerged from the Works renamed Sir James Milne, with the tender bearing 'G.W.R.' and crest; the number had not been prefixed. All W.D.'s now entering the Works have had the Westinghouse pump removed, presumably at the running sheds SLS/194803
31/03/1948 General Further locomotives noted carrying the prefix 'W' with blank tanks or tender sides were:-Nos. 33, 216/63, 393, 1141, 1993, 2048, 5388, 5625, 6703, 7751/68, while those lettered 'British Railways' were:-Nos. 361, 3103, 4217, 4533, 5035/99, 5257, 5520, 5641/52/55 an 6964. Nos. 271, 4206 an 5958 had been prefixed, but still carried 'G.W.R.' SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4217
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2461
   
01/12/1945 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
21/02/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (TDU)    
25/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (86F)    
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
28/07/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 4217    
03/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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