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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4278 m/e 04/1920

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 213
Works Number 2858
To Service During 04/1920
Withdrawal Mon 06/07/1964
Service Life 44 yrs, 3 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1920
CDF   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 16/11/1935
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 17/10/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 31/10/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 04/11/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 30/11/1950
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 29/11/1958
88J   Aberdare 4w/e 28/09/1963
     Withdrawn on 06/07/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 26/03/1955
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 4w/e 29/09/1963
WDN   w/e 08/07/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1949 Swindon Works New Work August: Nos. 7025 Sudeley Castle PDN (2/8), 7026 Tenby Castle (15/8), 7027 Thornbury Castle LA (25/8); 1503 PDN (8/8), 1504 PDN (17/8), 1505 PDN (29/8). Nos. 7025-27 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1503-05 are unlined black. Contractor built: Nos. 8400 TYS, 8401 CDF, 8402 (W.G.B. 2912/49) PILL (26/8), 8450 (Y.E. Co. 2443/49) NPT (17/8). Nos. 8400-02/50 are unlined black. Condemned: Nos. 289 (original T.V. R/T boiler and curved top tanks), 1884 (closed cab), 1930 (open cab), 2902, 3182 an 3419. No. 6320 has been re-converted to coal-burning. Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. 1000/04/25, 1427/37, 2117 (closed cab), 2211/12/14/21/67, 2462, 2815/52/75/87, 3016/20, 3174/86, 3635/77, 3715/99, 3805/14/43, 4013/15/33/47/80, 4107/48/49/55, 4269/78, 4502/10/59/65/82/92/95, 4637/50/79/97, 4906/51/81, 5001/18/30/42/57/76/80/94/99, 5206, 5344/45/80, 5501/05/22/37/54, 5749, 5804, 5904/12/21/27/44/45/47/66, 6000/04/19, 6105/07/43/61, 6338/77, 6408/31, 6741, 6808/19/28/29/44, 6905/65, 7219/36, 7310, 7414, 7718, 7815/16, 7904, 8789, 9638 an 90712. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1005/12, 4901/23/50, 5912/18 an 6920. September: A batch of new Class '2' 2-6-2T's and Class '4' 2-6-0's is to be built here. They will be similar to existing L.M.S. designs, but will have modified G.W.R. boilers. The frames have already been cut for five of the 2-6-0's. SLS/194910
24/03/1963 Wolverhampton Works (Works) Works: 1020 (82B), 1024 (82A), 2879 (82C), 4130/7, 4158 (84E), 4278, 4671, 5070 (81A), 5215, 5606, 6114 (86E), 6134, 6347 (87F), 6424, 6667, 6833/71, 6911, 7000 (85B), 8446 (88C), 9619, 9782. Yard: 1424 (85B), 6900 (82C), 6910. SLS/196304
15/05/1963 Derby Works (Works) Erecting Shop-No. 1 bay: 41535, 42098 cut up, 44466, 44521, 47003, 73021/86, 75064, D102, D2236, D2396, D2509, D2911, D3023, ED6/7; Erecting Shop-No. 2 bay: D63, D88, D110, D5019, D5074; Erecting Shop-No. 3 bay: D5198, D5210-23new. Diesel Erecting Shop: D43, D85, D89, D95, D103/9/26/8, D140/9, D152/4, D5091. Test House: D71, D83, D124, D5002/86, D5145, D5205/6/7. Finishing Shop: D94, D119, D5208/9. Paint Shop: D5203/4. Yard (by Paint Shop): 42117 cut up, D4, D6, D7, D77, D127, D5010/93, D5200. Foundry Siding: 42100, 42429/72, 42500, 43599, 73001/67, 75012. Stone Pit: 42333, 42636 (badly damaged after falling into t.t. pit at Derby, 24th April), 44252, 47460. Stored Outside Offices: 10000/201/2/3. Waiting Works: 73032. SLS/196304
18/05/1963 Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) Works (In Works) In Works1424, 3607(84G), 3763, 4132/55, 4278, 4646/80, 5263, 5938/75, 6690(88J), 6900/04/16/60/88, 7210, 9790/4. Waiting Works: L92 (ex-5786), 2896, 4255, 6648. Ex Works: 8400, 6134. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1920 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4278
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2858
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
29/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
06/07/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4278    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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