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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8420 on 31/07/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 94xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder W.G. Bagnall
Order Number Unk
Works Number 2930
To Service Thu 31/07/1950
Withdrawal Thu 03/06/1965
Service Life 14 yrs, 10 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 31/07/1950
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 12/08/1950
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 31/08/1950
88A   Cardiff Cathays 3w/e 19/05/1951
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1951
88E   Abercynon 4w/e 31/08/1951
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 21/03/1953
88A   Radyr 4w/e 12/06/1958
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 16/06/1962
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 25/01/1964
81A   Old Oak Common 5w/e 24/08/1964
     Withdrawn on 03/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 31/07/1950
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 12/08/1950
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 88E Abercynon 4w/e 11/08/1951
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 13/08/1955
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common m/e 30/06/1962
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 27/01/1964
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 3w/e 10/08/1964
TOSTORE   5w/e 12/04/1965
WDN   on 03/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 13/06/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/07/1950 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8420
Built at W.G. Bagnall, Works Number 2930
   
12/08/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
31/08/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
11/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
31/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Abercynon (88E)    
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
12/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
16/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
24/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
03/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 8420    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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