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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4268 m/e 11/1919

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 213
Works Number 2848
To Service During 11/1919
Withdrawal Wed 25/08/1965
Service Life 45 yrs, 9 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1919
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 07/03/1936
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86C   Cardiff Canton w/e 31/12/1950
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 31/01/1951
86D   Llantrisant 4w/e 30/01/1954
88B   Radyr 6w/e 12/10/1964
88J   Aberdare w/e 08/11/1964
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 2w/e 07/02/1965
     Withdrawn on 25/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton w/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 86D Llantrisant 5w/e 30/01/1954
ALLOC 88B Radyr w/e 12/10/1964
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 3w/e 02/11/1964
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 2w/e 07/02/1965
WDN   on 25/08/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1919 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4268
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2848
   
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
30/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Llantrisant (86D)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
08/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
07/02/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
25/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 4268    
12/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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