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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4215 m/e 09/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2459
To Service During 09/1912
Withdrawal Thu 01/10/1959
Service Life 47 yrs, 1 mth , 0 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Sun 28/02/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1912
SBZ   St Blazey on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86F   Tondu m/e 31/01/1951
86F   Tondu 4w/e 28/02/1951
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 27/12/1952
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 24/03/1956
     Withdrawn on 01/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LA Laira 4w/e 01/11/1947
ALLOC 86F Tondu m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 27/12/1952
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 24/03/1956
WDN   m/e 31/10/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4215
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2459
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Blazey (SBZ)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (86F)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (86F)    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
24/03/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
01/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 4215    
28/02/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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