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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3455 m/e 01/1904
Great Western Railway (1912) 3393 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1904 AUSTRALIA

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bulldog
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 148
Works Number 2038
To Service During 01/1904
Withdrawal Mon 28/11/1949
Service Life 45 yrs, 10 mths , 28 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1904
WOS   Worcester on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 28/11/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC KDR Kidderminster 4w/e 23/03/1946
WDN WOS Worcester m/e 30/11/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1909 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
08/1911 Superheated boiler fitted
07/1915 Diagram D2 boiler fitted
07/1917 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
08/1917 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
01/1904 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3455, name: AUSTRALIA
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2038
Diagram D2 boiler fitted
   
02/1909 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
08/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3393    
07/1915 Modification Diagram D2 boiler fitted    
07/1917 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
08/1917 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Worcester (WOS)    
28/11/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 3393    

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