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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3468 m/e 03/1904
Great Western Railway (1912) 3406 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1904 CALCUTTA

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bulldog
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 148
Works Number 2051
To Service During 03/1904
Withdrawal Wed 31/01/1951
Service Life 46 yrs, 11 mths , 2 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1904
PPRD   Pontypool Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
HFD   Hereford 4w/e 03/12/1949
     Withdrawn on 31/01/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NPTG Ebbw Junction (Newport) m/e 28/02/1946
ALLOC HFD Hereford 4w/e 03/12/1949
WDN 85C Hereford on 31/01/1951

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1913 Superheated boiler fitted
03/1913 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
02/1936 Rebuilt with Piston Valves


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/10/1948 Swindon Stock Shed (Newburn Wagon Repair) On 21/10 the Stock Shed contained the following:-Nos. 5, 3012/14/15/17/18/23/41, 3900/54/55, 4081, 4502, 4914, 4801/06/08/10/51/55/57, 6320 while those observed at the Newburn Wagon Repair Shed were Nos. 3022/24/36, 3377/83/93, 3406/07/44/47/49, 3450/51/54, 3901/03/52, 4803/05/07/09/11/53/54/56, 9024/83/84/89. Nos. 3904/50 an 4804 have been re-converted to coal-burning and re-numbered *4972, 5955 and 2839 respectively. *Still retains electric lighting equipment. SLS/194812

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1904 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3468, name: CALCUTTA
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2051
Diagram D2 boiler fitted
   
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3406    
03/1913 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
03/1913 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
02/1936 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (HFD)    
31/01/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 3406    

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