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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4271 m/e 02/1920

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 42xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 213
Works Number 2851
To Service During 02/1920
Withdrawal Mon 16/12/1963
Service Life 43 yrs, 10 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1920
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 29/12/1945
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PPRD   Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/12/1948
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 04/11/1950
86H   Aberbeeg 4w/e 30/11/1950
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 16/05/1953
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 24/01/1959
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 11/07/1959
87D   Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 14/07/1962
86B   Newport Pill 2w/e 17/11/1962
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 29/06/1963
     Withdrawn on 16/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PPRD Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/12/1948
ALLOC 86H Aberbeeg 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 16/05/1953
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton m/e 28/02/1959
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 4w/e 31/10/1959
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 14/07/1962
ALLOC 86B Newport Pill 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 29/06/1963
WDN   4w/e 31/12/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1920 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4271
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2851
   
29/12/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
25/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86H)    
16/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
24/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
11/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
14/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Newport Pill (86B)    
29/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
16/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 4271    
04/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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