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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3462 m/e 02/1904
Great Western Railway (1912) 3400 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/1904 WINNIPEG

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bulldog
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 148
Works Number 2045
To Service During 02/1904
Withdrawal Tue 10/05/1949
Service Life 45 yrs, 3 mths , 9 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1904
NA   Newton Abbot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
EXE   Exeter 4w/e 27/11/1948
     Withdrawn on 10/05/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC EXE Exeter 4w/e 27/11/1948
WDN NA Newton Abbot m/e 31/05/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1907 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
11/1913 Superheated boiler fitted
04/1915 Rebuilt with Piston Valves
04/1944 Diagram STD3 boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1949 Swindon Works New Work May: Nos. 7018 Drysllwyn Castle (originally intended to have been named Cranbrook Castle) LDR (24/5), 7019 Fowey Castle BRD (27/5), *7020 Gloucester Castle (31/5); *9682 (6/5). *Not allocated. Nos. 7018-20 are painted dark green and lined. Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle and 7022 were nearly complete on 2/6; while on the same day No. 1500 had the motion, wheels, boiler and cab erected, No. 1501 cylinders, etc., erected, No. 1502 frames only and Nos. 7023/24 frames and cylinders only. Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. p23 (Petrol), 100A1, 1017, 1419/43, 2061 (closed cab), 2212/14/61/91, 2568, 2800/03/24/76/78/90, 3010/32, 3102/64/74, 3815/24/35, 4052/58/73/82, 4224, 4377, 4516/28/39, 4676, 4805/11/55/57 (for re-conversion to coal-burning), 4903/13/33/67/91/94, 5003/09/36/43/46/60/66/93/98, 5142, 5325/62, 5406, 5503/07/43/51, 5755/75/77, 5925/34/75/82, 6000/10/11/14, 6162/63 (both fitted with deconcentrating gear), 6346/57/62/73, 6710/16/24/31, 6823/40/61/68/73, 6931/36/43, 7222, 7321, 7704/90/94, 7806/07, 8701/41, 9613, 9700/10, 70836, 90357, 1299. Condemned: Nos. 277, 2756/89 (all acting as Works pilots), 30, 280 (still retains original boiler and has round topped tanks), 3400/43, 3577 (open cab), 5117. Nos. 6105/30 have had the footsteps set further inwards. No. E1299 failed here with a hot box on 11/5, after having worked the Grimsby fish train. Nos. 2863 (ex 4805) and 2853 (ex 4810) have been re-converted to coal-burning. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1015, 4949/86 an 5973. Nos. 1015, 5074 and 6936 have received tenders with the new crest. Lining: Commencing with No. 5069 (ex Works 12/5), all locomotives painted dark green or black and fully lined are having the cylinders lined out with two red I' vertical bands at both ends. In addition No. 5069 also had the cleating bands lined, but subsequent locomotives (including No. 7018) have not had this done. SLS/194907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1904 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3462, name: WINNIPEG
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2045
Diagram D2 boiler fitted
   
03/1907 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3400    
11/1913 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
04/1915 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
04/1944 Modification Diagram STD3 boiler fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newton Abbot (NA)    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (EXE)    
10/05/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 3400    

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