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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3739 m/e 12/1909
Great Western Railway (1912) 3449 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
12/1909 Nightingale

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bird
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 177
Works Number 2358
To Service During 12/1909
Withdrawal Tue 05/06/1951
Service Life 41 yrs, 6 mths , 6 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1909
CHEL   Cheltenham Malvern Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 05/06/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 30/06/1951

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1911 Superheated boiler fitted
05/1918 Rebuilt with Piston Valves


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during February included: 2933, 2938, 2979, 2981, 3024, 3029, 3030, 3407, 3449, 3588, 4018, 4052, 4060, 4061, 4083, 4093, 4320, 5042, 5054, 5305, 5341, 5367, 6312, 6320, 6338, 6340, 6374, W.D. 70843, 77196, 77288, 78632, and 79234. Works' pilots during the same period included: 1796, 2044, and 2077. Further 'Panniers' fitted with T.F. boilers are: 3758, 3789, 5760, 7777, 8776 and 9771. 2891 and 3804 have both been fitted with side windows, side sheets and doors between engine and tender sides. SLS/194704
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
12/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3739, name: Nightingale
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2358
Diagram D3 boiler fitted
   
11/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3449    
05/1918 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cheltenham Malvern Road (CHEL)    
05/06/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 3449    

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