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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5261 m/e 03/1926
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7226 on 23/11/1935

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
520503/1926
7200 (2-8-2T)23/11/1935
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 233
To Service During 03/1926
Withdrawal Fri 13/11/1964
Service Life 38 yrs, 8 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1926
OXY   Oxley 4w/e 14/12/1935
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 01/11/1952
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 27/12/1952
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 13/07/1957
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 25/01/1958
87C   Danygraig 4w/e 13/06/1959
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 28/12/1963
88J   Aberdare w/e 08/11/1964
     Withdrawn on 13/11/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 27/12/1952
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 87C Danygraig 4w/e 13/06/1959
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 31/12/1963
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 3w/e 02/11/1964
WDN   2w/e 28/11/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/03/1962 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1926 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5261
Built at Swindon Works
   
23/11/1935 Renumbered Renumbered to 7226    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (OXY)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
13/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
13/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Danygraig (87C)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
08/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
13/11/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 7226    
03/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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