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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5246 m/e 12/1925

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 233
To Service During 12/1925
Withdrawal Sat 28/12/1963
Service Life 38 yrs , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1925
SED   Swansea East Dock on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 04/10/1958
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 18/06/1960
     Withdrawn on 28/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 18/06/1960
WDN   4w/e 31/12/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5246
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swansea East Dock (SED)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
28/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 5246    
02/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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