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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4250 m/e 04/1916

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 203
Works Number 2640
To Service During 04/1916
Withdrawal Wed 05/09/1962
Service Life 46 yrs, 5 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1916
LDR   Landore on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 01/11/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 21/02/1953
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 17/07/1954
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 22/04/1961
     Withdrawn on 05/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 22/04/1961
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
26/03/1961 Caerphilly Works (Erecting Shops) Erecting Shops: 1424, 1504, 2247, 4250, 4611, 5202/5/16/21/49, 5569, 6340/78, 6764, 6849, 7307, 8795, 9401/90, 9796. Awaiting Works: 3617/93, 4232. Being cut-up: 3778, 7422, 6411. SLS/196105

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1916 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4250
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2640
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Landore (LDR)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
17/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
22/04/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
05/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4250    
09/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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