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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5283 m/e 09/1930
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7208 on 29/10/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
520509/1930
7200 (2-8-2T)29/10/1934
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 266
To Service During 09/1930
Withdrawal Mon 20/04/1964
Service Life 33 yrs, 7 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1930
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LMTN   Leamington 4w/e 24/01/1948
84B   Oxley 4w/e 29/12/1951
84B   Oxley 4w/e 31/01/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1952
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/12/1952
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 21/02/1953
84C   Banbury 4w/e 03/12/1960
88J   Aberdare 4w/e 09/09/1961
88C   Barry 4w/e 06/10/1962
     Withdrawn on 20/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC LMTN Leamington 4w/e 24/01/1948
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 29/12/1951
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/12/1952
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 21/02/1953
TOSTORE   4w/e 27/12/1958
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 03/12/1960
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 4w/e 09/09/1961
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 06/10/1962
WDN   3w/e 04/05/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5283
Built at Swindon Works
   
29/10/1934 Renumbered Renumbered to 7208    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
24/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Leamington (LMTN)    
29/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
31/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
03/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
09/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
20/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 7208    
10/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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