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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3315 m/e 03/1899
Great Western Railway (1912) 3283 m/e 12/1912
Great Western Railway (90xx) 9083 on 02/11/1946 (at Didcot)

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1899 Comet

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Duke
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 113
Works Number 1685
To Service During 03/1899
Withdrawal Wed 27/12/1950
Service Life 51 yrs, 9 mths , 28 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1899
DID   Didcot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 27/12/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 27/12/1950

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1903 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
11/1911 Superheated boiler fitted
08/1928 Rebuilt with Piston Valves


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during January included: Nos. 198, 250, 1009, 1531, 2793, 2859/80/99, 2929/51, 3011/12/44, 3800/07/09/14, 4076/83/87, 4375, 4408, 4542/61,.4854, 4917/87, 5000/01/19/22/30/33/35/48/65/69/75/91/99, 5928/39/46/58/77/94, 6000/03/17/22, 6357/80, 6821/23/62/74, 6906/32, 7001/07, 7308, 9083, W.D. 77005/58/64, 78543/714/717, 79226/34 an 79303. Engines condemned during the same period included Nos. 242, 504, an 3585. Works pilots recently have been: Nos. 198, 905, 1713, an 1781, while 3561 has been on the carriage side. New work: Nos. 6981 , 6982 and 6983 were completed on 20/1, 26/1, and 3/2 respectively; the construction of the 0-6-0 Diesel-electric shunters (Lot 364) is now under way, and the engine of the first one has been mounted on the frames. The first engine to be lettered 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' and to bear the prefix 'W' in yellow paint, under the numberplate was No. 4946 , which was ex Works on 8/1 (right-hand side only) and later emerged with both sides done on 16/1. Additional locomotives leaving the Works have been dealt with in various styles, as follows: Nos. 4100, 4217, an 5514 with 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' on the tank sides and prefixed with a yellow 'W' (Subsequently to 26/1, all prefixes have been in white paint). Nos. 1017, 4062, 4084, 4087, an 4951 were lettered 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' and prefixed 'W'; 2880, 5388, 5529, an 6736 with plain tenders and tanks and prefixed with a 'W,' while 2830 carried 'G.W.R.' on the tender and prefixed 'W.' On 23/1 No. 7007 had the old nameplates removed and was renamed Great Western, and on 30/1 No. 7001 emerged from the Works renamed Sir James Milne, with the tender bearing 'G.W.R.' and crest; the number had not been prefixed. All W.D.'s now entering the Works have had the Westinghouse pump removed, presumably at the running sheds SLS/194803
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
03/1899 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3315, name: Comet
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1685
Diagram S4 boiler fitted
   
11/1903 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
11/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3283    
08/1928 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
02/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9083    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Didcot (DID)    
27/12/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 9083    

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