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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4246 m/e 03/1916

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 203
Works Number 2636
To Service During 03/1916
Withdrawal Tue 13/11/1962
Service Life 46 yrs, 8 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1916
PILL   Newport Pill on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 26/12/1953
86F   Aberbeeg 4w/e 22/04/1961
     Withdrawn on 13/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 86F Aberbeeg 4w/e 22/04/1961
WDN   on 13/11/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1916 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4246
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2636
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newport Pill (PILL)    
26/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
22/04/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86F)    
13/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4246    
12/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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