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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5203 m/e 02/1923

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 220
To Service During 02/1923
Withdrawal Mon 02/12/1963
Service Life 40 yrs, 10 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1923
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87E   Landore 4w/e 31/10/1959
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 28/11/1959
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 27/02/1960
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 05/11/1960
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 09/09/1961
82E   Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 08/09/1962
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 09/03/1963
88H   Tondu 4w/e 04/05/1963
     Withdrawn on 02/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 28/01/1956
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 21/04/1956
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 30/11/1957
ALLOC 87E Landore 4w/e 31/10/1959
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 05/11/1960
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 09/09/1961
ALLOC 82E Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 09/03/1963
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 04/05/1963
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1923 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5203
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
27/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
09/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Barrow Road (82E)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
04/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
02/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5203    
08/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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