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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4263 m/e 10/1919

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 213
Works Number 2843
To Service During 10/1919
Withdrawal Fri 14/02/1964
Service Life 44 yrs, 4 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1919
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 07/03/1936
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86B   Newport Pill 4w/e 09/09/1950
86B   Newport Pill 4w/e 30/09/1950
86J   Aberdare 8w/e 26/03/1955
86F   Tondu 4w/e 05/11/1955
     Withdrawn on 14/02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86B Newport Pill 4w/e 09/09/1950
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 26/03/1955
ALLOC 86F Tondu m/e 30/11/1955
WDN   4w/e 24/02/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1948 Caerphilly Works On 2/4 the following locomotives were noted in the Erecting Shop:-Nos. 64, 72, 270, 320/21, 390, 3103/89, 3712, 4134, 4256/63/93/98, 4404, 5114, 5223, 5635/58/68/80, 6661 an 8796, while outside were observed Nos. 190, 3178, 4238/52, 5219, 5549 an 5649. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1919 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4263
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2843
   
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
09/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (86B)    
30/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (86B)    
26/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
05/11/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (86F)    
14/02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4263    
06/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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