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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4281 m/e 05/1920

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 213
Works Number 2861
To Service During 05/1920
Withdrawal Tue 13/12/1960
Service Life 40 yrs, 7 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1920
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 21/03/1953
     Withdrawn on 13/12/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LLY Llanelli 4w/e 27/12/1947
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 21/03/1953
WDN   m/e 31/12/1960

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/02/1961 Swindon Works ('C' Shop) Gas Works Sidings: 1502/9, 1603/52, 3638/49, 3704, 4203, 5103/10/76, 6752/3/61/76, 7740, 8406/76, 9400/14/47/9/58, 9795. Stock Shed Yard: 1361/4, 1410/33/54, 4644, 5920, 6158, 6336, 7410/3, 7761, 8473. Triangle: 1366, 2227, 3799, 4170, 4287, 4587, 4978, 5207, 5519, 6425, 6864, 6979, 7704/76, 8457. Works Yard: 1014/25, 1625/9, 2207, 2516, 4099, 4701, 4902/15/81/5, 5025, 6003, 6131, 6945/53/61, 7000/20, 7325, 7775/94, 7902, 8454, 9481, 9701/49, 18000, 78000/8, L.T.E. L91. 'A' Shop: D604, D800/9/11/8/20/66-70, D1000-5, D2187-92, D3000/27, D3182, D6301/3/5, 7, 1017, 3806, 4073/4, 4128/31/48, 4274, 4574, 4919/24/7/30/5/54, 5008/19/27/9/32/68/71, 5900/23/72/85/6, 6023/7/9, 6122/44/7, 6368, 6822/51, 6917/29/36/51, 7033, 7908, 15100/4, 70024, 82032/9, 92232. Dump: 1601/2/10/20/59, 2813/9/32, 4550/9/94, 5331/91, 5510/4, 6333/52, 6775, 8419, 9462. 'C' Shop: 1616/44, 2846, 4281, 6382. SLS/196104

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1920 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4281
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2861
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
13/12/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 4281    
02/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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