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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4222 m/e 11/1913

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 196
Works Number 2541
To Service During 11/1913
Withdrawal Fri 09/10/1964
Service Life 50 yrs, 11 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1913
16   Aberbeeg 4w/e 01/12/1945
ABEEG   Aberbeeg on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CDF   Cardiff Canton m/e 31/03/1948
ABEEG   Aberbeeg 4w/e 21/05/1949
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 17/06/1950
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 14/07/1951
86H   Aberbeeg m/e 31/07/1951
86F   Tondu 4w/e 14/06/1952
86F   Tondu 6w/e 30/06/1952
88G   Llantrisant 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 09/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CDF Cardiff Canton m/e 31/03/1948
ALLOC ABEEG Aberbeeg 4w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 14/07/1951
ALLOC 86F Tondu 4w/e 14/06/1952
ALLOC 88G Llantrisant 3w/e 04/05/1964
WDN   w/e 12/10/1964

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1913 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4222
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2541
   
01/12/1945 Allocation      
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
31/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
21/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (ABEEG)    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
14/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
31/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (86F)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (86F)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Llantrisant (88G)    
09/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4222    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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