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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5281 m/e 08/1930
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7206 on 18/10/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
520508/1930
7200 (2-8-2T)18/10/1934
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 266
To Service During 08/1930
Withdrawal Mon 06/07/1964
Service Life 33 yrs, 11 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1930
PPRD   Pontypool Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 11/07/1959
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 12/01/1963
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 06/07/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 12/01/1963
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   w/e 08/07/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Swindon Works New work August: No. 7016 CDF, 7017 G. J. Churchward PDN; 7430/32 STB, 7431/33 CNYD, 7434. No. 4160 is nearing completion (26/8). Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. *100A1, 1018, 1461, 1934/57, 2144, 2340, 2746/64, 2882, 2938/39, 3613/76, 3823/25/57, *3902, *3953, 4045/85, 4119, 4269, 4552, 4671, *4802, *4850, *4852, 4902/14/20/25/28/69/76, 5006/39/63/64/84, 5107/83, 5261, 5325, 5416/20, 5540, 5756, 5932/71/80/93, 6000/08/10/22, 6311/33/85, 6433. 6746, 6849/79, 6945/60, 7206/30, 7726/82, 7800/15, 8104, **8393, 8709, 9301. *Oil-burning. **Converted to 53XX. Works' pilots of late have been: Nos. 212 (since sent for scrap, w/e 21/8), 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 SLS/194810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5281
Built at Swindon Works
   
18/10/1934 Renumbered Renumbered to 7206    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
11/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
12/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
06/07/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 7206    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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