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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4258 m/e 05/1917

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 203
Works Number 2648
To Service During 05/1917
Withdrawal Wed 21/04/1965
Service Life 47 yrs, 11 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1917
PILL   Newport Pill on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 02/11/1957
86B   Newport Pill 4w/e 25/01/1958
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 05/11/1960
86B   Newport Pill 4w/e 04/05/1963
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 29/06/1963
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 02/11/1963
88J   Aberdare 6w/e 12/10/1964
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 2w/e 07/03/1965
     Withdrawn on 21/04/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 86B Newport Pill 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 05/11/1960
ALLOC 86B Newport Pill 4w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 29/06/1963
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 5w/e 02/11/1963
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 3w/e 14/09/1964
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 2w/e 07/03/1965
WDN   5w/e 16/05/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1917 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4258
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2648
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newport Pill (PILL)    
02/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (86B)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
04/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (86B)    
29/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
07/03/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
21/04/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 4258    
09/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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