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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5254 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 24/07/1964
Service Life 38 yrs, 7 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1925
nea   Glyn Neath 4w/e 16/11/1935
NEA   Neath (Court Sart) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 26/01/1952
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 29/02/1952
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 6w/e 13/04/1964
     Withdrawn on 24/07/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 26/01/1952
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 5w/e 30/03/1964
WDN   3w/e 20/07/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/01/1962 Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works 1017(89A), 1639, 1650, 3200, 3622, 3631, 3831, 4154, 4270(88A), 4555(83A), 4645, 4663, 4946(89A), 5254(87B), 5658, 5957(81F), 6125, 6137, 6326, 6976/9, 7248, 7329, 7439, 8753(81C), 9612/23/46, 82041, 92227(88A). Works Yard: 2287(89C), D3028, D3979. Waiting Works: 3708(86G), 4179(84A), 4608(81C), 6150(81F), 6972(82B), 6992(85A), 75024(84E). SLS/196203
04/03/1962 Oxley MPD Ex-Works on 84B: 4270 (88A), 5254 (87B), 7248 (87D), 7439(87G). SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1925 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5254
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Glyn Neath (nea)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Neath (Court Sart) (NEA )    
26/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
29/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
13/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
24/07/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5254    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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