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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5241 m/e 08/1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 225
To Service During 08/1924
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 40 yrs, 10 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1924
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LTS   Llantrisant m/e 31/05/1948
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 26/12/1953
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 24/01/1959
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 27/07/1963
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 28/09/1963
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 7w/e 22/06/1964
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC LTS Llantrisant m/e 31/05/1948
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 27/07/1963
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 29/09/1963
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 29/06/1964
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1924 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5241
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
31/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Llantrisant (LTS)    
26/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
24/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 5241    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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