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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4230 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 2549
To Service During 11/1913
Withdrawal Thu 27/09/1962
Service Life 48 yrs, 10 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1913
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 22/05/1954
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 09/10/1954
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 11/07/1959
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 18/06/1960
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 12/08/1961
     Withdrawn on 27/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 09/10/1954
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 18/06/1960
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 12/08/1961
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

* 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 4230
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2549
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
11/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
12/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
27/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4230    
09/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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