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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5243 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 Fri 27/11/1964
Service Life 40 yrs, 3 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1924
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
85C   Hereford 4w/e 13/08/1955
85A   Worcester 4w/e 27/02/1960
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 23/04/1960
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 16/07/1960
88H   Tondu 4w/e 15/12/1962
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 27/11/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 85C Hereford 4w/e 13/08/1955
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 23/04/1960
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 16/07/1960
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 15/12/1962
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   3w/e 19/12/1964
WDN   5w/e 04/01/1965

* 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 5243
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
13/08/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (85C)    
27/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
23/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
16/07/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
15/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
27/11/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5243    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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