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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4273 m/e 03/1920

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 213
Works Number 2853
To Service During 03/1920
Withdrawal Fri 09/10/1964
Service Life 44 yrs, 7 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1920
16   Aberbeeg 4w/e 01/12/1945
TDU   Tondu on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 13/07/1957
86D   Llantrisant 4w/e 05/10/1957
83E   St Blazey 4w/e 18/06/1960
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 27/01/1962
88H   Tondu 4w/e 19/05/1962
88C   Barry 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 09/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TDU Tondu 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 86D Llantrisant 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 18/06/1960
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 27/01/1962
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 88C Barry 3w/e 04/05/1964
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 3w/e 29/06/1964
WDN   3w/e 05/10/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1920 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4273
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2853
   
01/12/1945 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tondu (TDU)    
13/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Llantrisant (86D)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
27/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
09/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4273    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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