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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4221 m/e 12/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2465
To Service During 12/1912
Withdrawal Thu 10/09/1959
Service Life 46 yrs, 9 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Sun 28/02/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1912
NEA   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 01/12/1945
NEA   Neath (Court Sart) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 16/07/1955
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 04/10/1958
     Withdrawn on 10/09/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 04/10/1958
WDN   m/e 30/09/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4221
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2465
   
01/12/1945 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Neath (Court Sart) (NEA )    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
10/09/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 4221    
28/02/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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