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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4236 m/e 10/1914

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 200
Works Number 2591
To Service During 10/1914
Withdrawal Mon 17/09/1962
Service Life 47 yrs, 11 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1914
CDF   Cardiff Canton 8w/e 23/03/1946
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TDU   Tondu 4w/e 21/05/1949
88J   Aberdare 4w/e 27/01/1962
     Withdrawn on 17/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CDF Cardiff Canton 4w/e 23/03/1946
ALLOC TDU Tondu 4w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC 88J Aberdare 4w/e 27/01/1962
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1914 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4236
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2591
   
23/03/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
21/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (TDU)    
27/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Aberdare (88J)    
17/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4236    
01/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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