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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4206 m/e 02/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2450
To Service During 02/1912
Withdrawal Thu 31/12/1959
Service Life 47 yrs , 11 mths

Disposal
Scrapping Sun 28/02/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1912
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83E   St Blazey 4w/e 27/12/1952
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83E St Blazey 4w/e 27/12/1952
WDN   m/e 31/12/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 General Further locomotives noted carrying the prefix 'W' with blank tanks or tender sides were:-Nos. 33, 216/63, 393, 1141, 1993, 2048, 5388, 5625, 6703, 7751/68, while those lettered 'British Railways' were:-Nos. 361, 3103, 4217, 4533, 5035/99, 5257, 5520, 5641/52/55 an 6964. Nos. 271, 4206 an 5958 had been prefixed, but still carried 'G.W.R.' SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4206
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2450		    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
31/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 4206    
28/02/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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