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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4210 m/e 03/1912
Great Western Railway (Rblds) 7252 m/e 04/1939

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
420003/1912
7200 (2-8-2T)26/04/1939
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 187
Works Number 2454
To Service During 03/1912
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 53 yrs, 3 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1912
SLO   Slough 4w/e 18/05/1946
DID   Didcot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 30/10/1948
81F   Oxford 4w/e 24/04/1954
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 22/05/1954
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 17/07/1954
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 04/12/1954
88C   Barry 8w/e 26/03/1955
88A   Radyr 4w/e 05/09/1959
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 27/07/1963
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 6w/e 13/04/1964
88B   Radyr 6w/e 12/10/1964
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 2w/e 10/01/1965
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NPTG Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 24/04/1954
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 04/12/1954
ALLOC 88C Barry 4w/e 26/03/1955
ALLOC 88A Radyr 4w/e 05/09/1959
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 27/07/1963
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 5w/e 30/03/1964
ALLOC 88B Radyr 3w/e 14/09/1964
ALLOC 88B Radyr 3w/e 05/10/1964
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 5w/e 04/01/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4210
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2454		    
04/1939 Renumbered Renumbered to 7252    
18/05/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (SLO)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Didcot (DID)    
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
24/04/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
17/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
04/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
26/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Barry (88C)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88A)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
13/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
12/10/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
10/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 7252    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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