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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Great Western Railway	2701	m/e	01/1896

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

W. Dean

Class

655

Company History

GWR

Rebuild History

Class	From
655 Saddle tank	01/1896
655 Pannier tank (0-6-0PT)	06/1920

Wheels

0-6-0ST

Builder

Wolverhampton Works (Stafford Road)

Order Number

Works Number

605

To Service

During 01/1896

Withdrawal

Sat 03/11/1945

Service Life

49 yrs, 10 mths , 3 dys

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	01/1896
tdu	Bridgend	4w/e	16/11/1935
	Withdrawn	on	03/11/1945

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
WDN	TDU	Tondu	m/e	30/11/1945

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
03/1920	Superheated boiler fitted
03/1920	Diagram B4_P boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
02/04/1947	Swindon Works Scrapyard	On 2/4 the following were in the concentration yard awaiting scrapping: 1161, 1719, 1737, 1748, 1751, 1761, 1786, 1788, 1875, 1898, 2041, 2315, 2381, 2395, 2406, 2700, 2701, 2705, 2710, 2732; 2740, 2741, 2742, 2753, 2759, 2765, 3568, 3573, 3581; whilst the following were being cut-up: 1442, 1585, 1624, 1831, 2711, 3152 an 3166.	SLS/194706

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
01/1896	To Service	To service as Great Western Railway Number 2701 Built at Wolverhampton Works (Stafford Road), Works Number 605
03/1920	Modification	Diagram B4_P boiler fitted
03/1920	Modification	Modification: Superheated boiler fitted
16/11/1935	Allocation	Reallocated to Bridgend (tdu)
03/11/1945	Withdrawn	Condemned as 2701

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