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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4209 m/e 02/1912
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7249 on 25/11/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
420002/1912
7200 (2-8-2T)25/11/1938
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2453
To Service During 02/1912
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 53 yrs, 4 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1912
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81F   Oxford 4w/e 24/04/1954
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 22/05/1954
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 17/07/1954
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 04/12/1954
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 23/04/1955
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) w/e 15/11/1964
88A   Cardiff East Dock 2w/e 11/04/1965
87F   Llanelli 5w/e 16/05/1965
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 24/04/1954
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 04/12/1954
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 23/04/1955
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) w/e 09/11/1964
ALLOC 88A Cardiff East Dock 5w/e 12/04/1965
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 5w/e 16/05/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4209
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2453
   
25/11/1938 Renumbered Renumbered to 7249    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
24/04/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
17/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
04/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
23/04/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
15/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
11/04/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88A)    
16/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 7249    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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