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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5262 m/e 03/1926
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7227 on 27/11/1935

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
520503/1926
7200 (2-8-2T)27/11/1935
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 233
To Service During 03/1926
Withdrawal Mon 24/06/1963
Service Life 37 yrs, 3 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1926
BAN   Banbury 4w/e 14/12/1935
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 29/11/1952
88C   Barry 4w/e 19/04/1958
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1958
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 29/11/1958
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 27/12/1958
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 13/06/1959
     Withdrawn on 24/06/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXY Oxley 4w/e 17/05/1947
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 29/11/1952
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 19/04/1958
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton m/e 31/01/1959
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 13/06/1959
WDN   4w/e 29/06/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5262
Built at Swindon Works
   
27/11/1935 Renumbered Renumbered to 7227    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (BAN)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
19/04/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
01/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
29/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
27/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
13/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
24/06/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 7227    
05/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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