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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3463 m/e 03/1904
Great Western Railway (1912) 3401 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1904 VANCOUVER

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bulldog
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 148
Works Number 2046
To Service During 03/1904
Withdrawal Tue 29/11/1949
Service Life 45 yrs , 9 mths

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1904
LA   Laira on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
HFD   Hereford 4w/e 04/09/1948
     Withdrawn on 29/11/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HFD Hereford 4w/e 04/09/1948
WDN HFD Hereford m/e 30/11/1949
ALLOC 88B Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 28/01/1956

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1907 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
08/1909 Diagram D2 boiler fitted
11/1911 Superheated boiler fitted
11/1911 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
11/1925 Rebuilt with Piston Valves


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1945 Plymouth Area There have been some very heavy trains, especially in the Up direction, the Cornish riviera always being in two parts, with double heading the rule as far as Newton Abbot. It is very pleasing to see so many 4-4-0's on this section of the G.W., those recently noted at North Road being: 3313/54/75/83/91, 3401/30/1/40/1/3/5/6. The Saltash auto-service is worked by four coach auto units with the loco (one of the Laira 64XX pannier tanks) sandwiched in the middle. More normal two coach formations may be used at slack periods. SLS/194601

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1904 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3463, name: VANCOUVER
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2046
Diagram D2 boiler fitted
   
06/1907 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
08/1909 Modification Diagram D2 boiler fitted    
11/1911 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
11/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3401    
11/1925 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Laira (LA)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (HFD)    
29/11/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 3401    

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