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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4226 m/e 11/1913

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 196
Works Number 2545
To Service During 11/1913
Withdrawal Mon 09/03/1959
Service Life 45 yrs, 4 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1913
ABEEG   Aberbeeg 4w/e 14/12/1935
PILL   Newport Pill on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 16/05/1953
     Withdrawn on 09/03/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 13/06/1953
WDN   m/e 31/03/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1959 Swindon Works (Scrapyard) Scrapyard1401/23/9/37/56/7/57, 2254, 2812/23/5/30/3, 4200/26/61, 4377, 4540/53/84, 5315/55/82/6/8/90, 5566, 5703/8/33/43, 5810, 6318/22/8/31/4/54, 6409/28, 6721/3/7/43, 7738. SLS/195907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1913 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4226
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2545
   
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newport Pill (PILL)    
16/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
09/03/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 4226    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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