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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5252 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 Fri 07/05/1965
Service Life 39 yrs, 5 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1925
TDU   Tondu on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86F   Aberbeeg 4w/e 19/05/1962
88J   Aberdare 4w/e 02/11/1963
87F   Llanelli 2w/e 07/03/1965
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 28/03/1965
     Withdrawn on 07/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PILL Newport Pill 4w/e 29/11/1947
ALLOC 86F Aberbeeg 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 5w/e 02/11/1963
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 2w/e 07/03/1965
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 5w/e 12/04/1965
WDN   5w/e 16/05/1965

* 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 5252
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tondu (TDU)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86F)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
07/03/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
28/03/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
07/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 5252    
08/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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