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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4207 m/e 02/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2451
To Service During 02/1912
Withdrawal Tue 03/10/1961
Service Life 49 yrs, 8 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1912
SED   Swansea East Dock on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 01/11/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 21/02/1953
     Withdrawn on 03/10/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 09/08/1947
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 21/02/1953
WDN   m/e 31/10/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/11/1961 Swindon Works (Works Sidings) 'A' Shop: D603, D825/32/56, D1000-12, D2175-7, D2383/4, D3032, D6320, 1010/15/24, 2832, 4003/82/92/5, 4706, 4903/18/32/76/89, 5073/8/87/96/8, 5974/6, 6014/26/8, 6345, 6826/45, 6909/33/55/81, 7015/21/2/34, 7232, 7322 (being cut up), 7805, 7915, 9400, 13115, 13353/5/62, 15100, 73027, 82004/35, 92233/41/5. Works Sidings: L90, 8, 1006/23, 2215, 3838/9, 4075/83, 4207, 4945, 5071, 5950/98, 6019, 6309/29/38, 6820, 6915/64, 7002, 7901/17, 8787, 9705, 75005, 78008, 92212. Triangle: 1606/15, 4563/5, 5039, 5538, 6415, 6993, 7417, 7787, 8772, 9739. Dump: 1433, 5332, 6700, 8706, 9745/9. 'C' Shop: 6392, 7775 intact. Outside Stock Shed: 5815, 6357, 6900. Weigh House: 5938/55. Outside Weigh House: D831/53, D6303, D7010. Works Shunters: 5756/80, 7756, 8721/62. SLS/196201
04/03/1962 Swindon Works (Dump) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4207
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2451
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swansea East Dock (SED)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
03/10/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 4207    
05/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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