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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5209 m/e 08/1923

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 223
To Service During 08/1923
Withdrawal Wed 21/07/1965
Service Life 41 yrs, 11 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1923
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 17/10/1950
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 31/10/1950
87F   Llanelli 3w/e 17/05/1952
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 24/01/1953
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 04/05/1963
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 21/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 17/05/1952
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 24/01/1953
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   4w/e 08/08/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1958 Pantyffynnon Allocation here on 30th June was 4223, 5209, 5223/47, 5703, 7718/76, 8708/45/85. SLS/195808

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1923 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5209
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
24/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
04/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
21/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 5209    
10/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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