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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3428 m/e 05/1903
Great Western Railway (1912) 3376 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
05/1903 RIVER PLYM

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bulldog
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 137
Works Number 1985
To Service During 05/1903
Withdrawal Mon 27/09/1948
Service Life 45 yrs, 4 mths , 28 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1903
sdn   Andover Junction (MSWJR) 4w/e 16/11/1935
DID   Didcot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 27/09/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN DID Didcot m/e 30/09/1948

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1908 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
11/1911 Superheated boiler fitted
11/1911 Diagram D2 boiler fitted
01/1915 Rebuilt with Piston Valves
12/1920 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
06/1934 Diagram STD3 boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1948 Swindon Works New work October: Nos. 7438 DG (4/10), 7439 LLY (12/10); 4165 TYS (7/10), 4166 (15/10), 4167 (22/10), whilst under construction were:-Nos. *4168/69, 6760-69 (6760/61 were almost complete on 27/10). These will be followed by Nos. 6991-99 and 7900 under Lot 368. *It is understood that Nos. 4170-79 will not be built at present. Locomotives entering Works October: These included Nos. 259 (condemned)-this is the last Barry Rly. Class 'B' to retain the original boiler, 783 (condemned), 1023/26, 1362, 1745 (condemned), 2166-this is the last of .the class to retain a boiler with a round-topped firebox. The boiler also carries a rather unusual type of safety valve, upon which are mounted the whistles, 2243/52, 2709 (condemned), 2804/48/65, 2928 (condemned), 2989 (condemned), 3005/13/39/46 (all condemned), 3104/87, 3335 (condemned), 3341, 3376 (condemned), 3445 (condemned), 3811/33, 4048, 4118, 4290, 4502/29/83, 4918/32/66/93/96, 5007/38/40/69/81/83/85/91, 5111, 5214/33, 5320/40 (both condemned), 5364/84, 5530/63, 5965/74/92, 6004/09/27, 6116/37/44, 6319/30/53/55/76, 6436, 6817, 6908/22/77, 7000/17, 7215/34, 7300, 9300, 9711/45. Nos. 4160-65 came out in standard G.W. green (unlined) and lettered 'British Railways'; 4166/67 black (fully lined), but not lettered; 7430-38 standard G.W. green (unlined), but not lettered, while No. 7439 came out black, being neither lined nor lettered. The following have been repainted black, fully lined, but not lettered: Nos. 4166/67, 4975, 5955, 6908/16 while Nos. 3826/61, 4128, 4280, 4532, 5183, 5207, 6393 an 7439 are also black, but are neither lined nor lettered.
Locomotives fitted with smokebox numberplates during October included:-Nos. 1991, 2144, 2838, 3826/61/64, 4088, 4128/66/67, 4280, 4532, 4639, 4975, 5015, 5183, 5207, 5375, 5951/55, 6340/71/93, 6406, 6908/16, 7439, 7730, 7818, 9730. 'Austerity' 2-8-0's Nos. 77026, 77200 an 79239 have been noted ex repair, by Armstrong Whitworth's; they were painted black and had large Gill Sans numerals. After acting as Works' pilots, Nos. 1730 an 2755 have now been finally withdrawn.
SLS/194812

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1903 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3428, name: RIVER PLYM
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1985
Diagram D0 boiler fitted
   
03/1908 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
11/1911 Modification Diagram D2 boiler fitted    
11/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3376    
01/1915 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
12/1920 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
06/1934 Modification Diagram STD3 boiler fitted    
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Andover Junction (MSWJR) (sdn)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Didcot (DID)    
27/09/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 3376    

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