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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5285 m/e 09/1930
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7210 on 01/11/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
520509/1930
7200 (2-8-2T)01/11/1934
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 266
To Service During 09/1930
Withdrawal Fri 30/04/1965
Service Life 34 yrs, 7 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1930
STJ   Severn Tunnel Junction on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 09/09/1950
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 30/09/1950
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 17/05/1952
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 22/02/1958
     Withdrawn on 30/04/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 09/09/1950
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 17/05/1952
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 22/02/1958
WDN   5w/e 16/05/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during May included: 111, 1336, 1716, 1796, 2046, 2061, 2266, 2458, 2651, 2777, 2780, 2827, 2834, 2870, 2924, 2987, 3032, 3044, 3046, 3341, 3364, 3382, 3625, 3711, 3837, 3855, 4079, 4083, 4086, 4297, 4706, 4901, 4921, 4943, 4974, 4976, 4994, 4996, 5005, 5007,, 5029, 5044, 5050, 5092, 5322, 5326, 5392, 5937, 5963, 6117, 6342, 6383, 6906, 6929, 6955, 6964, 6969, 7210 and 9755. SLS/194708
18/05/1963 Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) Works (In Works) In Works1424, 3607(84G), 3763, 4132/55, 4278, 4646/80, 5263, 5938/75, 6690(88J), 6900/04/16/60/88, 7210, 9790/4. Waiting Works: L92 (ex-5786), 2896, 4255, 6648. Ex Works: 8400, 6134. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5285
Built at Swindon Works 		   
01/11/1934 Renumbered Renumbered to 7210    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ)    
09/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
30/09/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
22/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
30/04/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 7210    
09/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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