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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4255 m/e 04/1917

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 203
Works Number 2645
To Service During 04/1917
Withdrawal Mon 20/04/1964
Service Life 47 yrs , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1917
DYD   Duffryn Yard on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CDF   Cardiff Canton m/e 30/06/1948
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/02/1954
86J   Aberdare m/e 16/06/1956
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 03/10/1959
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 6w/e 13/04/1964
     Withdrawn on 20/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CDF Cardiff Canton m/e 30/06/1948
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 27/02/1954
ALLOC 86J Aberdare 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 03/10/1959
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 5w/e 30/03/1964
WDN   3w/e 04/05/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
18/05/1963 Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) Works (Waiting 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
04/1917 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4255
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2645
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Duffryn Yard (DYD)    
30/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
27/02/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (86J)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
13/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
20/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4255    
01/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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