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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4216 m/e 11/1912
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7244 on 04/03/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
420011/1912
7200 (2-8-2T)04/03/1938
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2460
To Service During 11/1912
Withdrawal Sat 06/02/1965
Service Life 52 yrs, 3 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1912
LLY   Llanelli on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 11/08/1951
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 31/08/1951
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 29/12/1951
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 31/01/1952
84C   Banbury 4w/e 27/02/1960
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 09/09/1961
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 19/05/1962
87F   Llanelli 2w/e 17/11/1962
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 6w/e 13/04/1964
87F   Llanelli 6w/e 12/10/1964
     Withdrawn on 06/02/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 06/09/1947
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 11/08/1951
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 29/12/1951
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 09/09/1961
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 5w/e 30/03/1964
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 3w/e 14/09/1964
WDN   2w/e 21/02/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
23/04/1961 Wolverhampton Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: 1442/72, 1503, 2204, 3788, 3816, 4101/14, 4635, 4938, 5322, 5920, 6130, 6608/15, 7244/53, 7413/24/37, 7828, 9412/84/98, 9657, 9746, 82033. Works Yard: 3711/49, 4168/687, 6126, 6839, 8437, 9792, 73037, 75021, 92004. SLS/196106
02/07/1961 Stafford Road Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 1455, 2217, 3210, 3610, 3792, 4110/20, 4290, 4703, 4910/96, 5416, 5563/8/70, 5679, 5957, 6611/68, 7308/39, 7403, 8403, 9464, 9674, 9778. Weigh House : D3034, 1011. Works Yard: 1003/7, 2249, 3201, 3618, 4591, 5548, 5694, 5933, 6314, 6424, 6688, 7244, 73037. SLS/196108

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4216
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2460
   
04/03/1938 Renumbered Renumbered to 7244    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Llanelli (LLY)    
11/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
31/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
29/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
31/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
27/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
09/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
13/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
06/02/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 7244    
03/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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