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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5273 m/e 04/1926
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7238 on 04/02/1936

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
520504/1926
7200 (2-8-2T)04/02/1936
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 233
To Service During 04/1926
Withdrawal Mon 20/04/1964
Service Life 38 yrs , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1926
BAN   Banbury 4w/e 07/03/1936
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 21/02/1953
81F   Oxford 8w/e 11/07/1953
84B   Oxley 4w/e 03/12/1960
85A   Worcester 4w/e 04/11/1961
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/01/1962
88C   Barry 4w/e 29/06/1963
     Withdrawn on 20/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OXY Oxley 4w/e 22/02/1947
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 03/12/1960
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 04/11/1961
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/01/1962
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 29/06/1963
WDN   3w/e 04/05/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5273
Built at Swindon Works
   
04/02/1936 Renumbered Renumbered to 7238    
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (BAN)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
03/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
04/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
27/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
29/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
20/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 7238    
01/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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