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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D1912	26/10/1965
TOPS (47/0)	47235	05/1974

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
47/0	26/10/1965

Wheel Arrangement

Co-Co

Builder

Brush Traction, Loughborough

Works Number

674

To Service

26/10/1965 to Cardiff Canton (86A)

Withdrawn

25/11/1988

Time in Service

23 yrs , 30 dys

Cut Up

m/e 06/1990

Cut At

Vic Berry (Leicester)

Status

Scrapped

**Liveries Carried - WIP**
Code	Colour	Date From
GSYP	Two tone green with small yellow warning panel	26/10/1965
GFYE	Two tone green with full yellow ends	02/1968

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
86A	Cardiff Canton (New)	on	26/10/1965
TI	Tinsley	on	04/10/1987
	Withdrawn	on	25/11/1988

**Modifications - WIP**
Date Modified	Order Number	Modification	Status	Charged to Capital	Charged to Revenue	Total Cost
08/1975		Steam heat boiler isolated
by 06/1977		Western Region AWS (ATC) removed

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Source
26/10/1965	xb	Dual brakes, Steam heat	Webb
08/1975	xi	Dual brakes, Isolated boiler
by 06/1977	xi	Dual brakes, Isolated boiler

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
26/10/1965	To Service	To service as British Railways number D1912 Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough, Works Number 674 Allocated to Cardiff Canton (86A) Livery applied: Two tone green with small yellow warning panel
02/1968	Livery	Change of livery to Two tone green with full yellow ends
05/1974	Renumbered	Renumbered to 47235
08/1975	Modification	Modification: Steam heat boiler isolated
06/1977	Modification	Modification: Western Region AWS (ATC) removed
04/10/1987	Allocation	Reallocated to Tinsley (TI)
25/11/1988	Withdrawn	Condemned as 47235
06/1990	Scrapped	Broken up by Vic Berry: Leicester

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