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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5290 m/e 10/1930
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7215 on 16/11/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
520510/1930
7200 (2-8-2T)16/11/1934
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 266
To Service During 10/1930
Withdrawal Mon 24/06/1963
Service Life 32 yrs, 8 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1930
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PPRD   Pontypool Road 4w/e 24/01/1948
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/12/1948
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 05/09/1953
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 02/11/1957
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 30/11/1957
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 25/01/1958
87C   Danygraig 4w/e 13/06/1959
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
     Withdrawn on 24/06/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC PPRD Pontypool Road 4w/e 24/01/1948
ALLOC NPTG Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/12/1948
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 05/09/1953
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 30/11/1957
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 87C Danygraig 4w/e 13/06/1959
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
WDN   4w/e 29/06/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1948 Swindon Works New work October: Nos. 7438 DG (4/10), 7439 LLY (12/10); 4165 TYS (7/10), 4166 (15/10), 4167 (22/10), whilst under construction were:-Nos. *4168/69, 6760-69 (6760/61 were almost complete on 27/10). These will be followed by Nos. 6991-99 and 7900 under Lot 368. *It is understood that Nos. 4170-79 will not be built at present. Locomotives entering Works October: These included Nos. 259 (condemned)-this is the last Barry Rly. Class 'B' to retain the original boiler, 783 (condemned), 1023/26, 1362, 1745 (condemned), 2166-this is the last of .the class to retain a boiler with a round-topped firebox. The boiler also carries a rather unusual type of safety valve, upon which are mounted the whistles, 2243/52, 2709 (condemned), 2804/48/65, 2928 (condemned), 2989 (condemned), 3005/13/39/46 (all condemned), 3104/87, 3335 (condemned), 3341, 3376 (condemned), 3445 (condemned), 3811/33, 4048, 4118, 4290, 4502/29/83, 4918/32/66/93/96, 5007/38/40/69/81/83/85/91, 5111, 5214/33, 5320/40 (both condemned), 5364/84, 5530/63, 5965/74/92, 6004/09/27, 6116/37/44, 6319/30/53/55/76, 6436, 6817, 6908/22/77, 7000/17, 7215/34, 7300, 9300, 9711/45. Nos. 4160-65 came out in standard G.W. green (unlined) and lettered 'British Railways'; 4166/67 black (fully lined), but not lettered; 7430-38 standard G.W. green (unlined), but not lettered, while No. 7439 came out black, being neither lined nor lettered. The following have been repainted black, fully lined, but not lettered: Nos. 4166/67, 4975, 5955, 6908/16 while Nos. 3826/61, 4128, 4280, 4532, 5183, 5207, 6393 an 7439 are also black, but are neither lined nor lettered.
Locomotives fitted with smokebox numberplates during October included:-Nos. 1991, 2144, 2838, 3826/61/64, 4088, 4128/66/67, 4280, 4532, 4639, 4975, 5015, 5183, 5207, 5375, 5951/55, 6340/71/93, 6406, 6908/16, 7439, 7730, 7818, 9730. 'Austerity' 2-8-0's Nos. 77026, 77200 an 79239 have been noted ex repair, by Armstrong Whitworth's; they were painted black and had large Gill Sans numerals. After acting as Works' pilots, Nos. 1730 an 2755 have now been finally withdrawn.
SLS/194812
23/07/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) 'A' Shop: D602/4, D805/11/28/70, D1000-11, D2137, D2372-9, D3257, D3431, D3744, D6306/11/9, 13186, 13264/5, 15100/2, 2829, 3817/43, 4090, 4922/8/56/78, 5000/1/31/49/60, 5306/51, 5903/4/36/9/67, 6000/4/7, 6363/95, 6871, 6919/46/59/86/97/8, 7020, 7209/15/21/2, 7826, 82031, 92226/34. Works Yard: D804/15/23/41/51/2, D2188/9/94, 1604/34/47, 2516, 3667/70, 3822/41, 4003, 4203, 4916/98, 5015/80/1, 5103/10/76/7/95, 5336, 5949, 6027, 6349, 6831, 6969, 7745/56/75/98, 8789/98, 9400/14, 9749, 78001/8. 92215/45. Triangle: 6021, 9736/67. Dump: 1361/2/4/6, 1419/33, 3657/76, 3724, 6426, 7700/61, 8429, 8705/22/40/77/96, 9735/62/71/81. 'C' Shop: 8457 intact, Outside 'C' Shop: 5771, 8726 being cut up. SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5290
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1934 Renumbered Renumbered to 7215    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
24/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
25/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
05/09/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
02/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
30/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
13/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Danygraig (87C)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
24/06/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 7215    
08/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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