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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3588 m/e 08/1899

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Metro
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-4-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 117
Works Number 1740
To Service During 08/1899
Withdrawal Mon 19/12/1949
Service Life 50 yrs, 4 mths , 18 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1899
oxf   Fairford 4w/e 16/11/1935
OXF   Oxford on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 19/12/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN OXF Oxford m/e 31/12/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1912 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1899 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3588
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1740
   
11/1912 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Fairford (oxf)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxford (OXF)    
19/12/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 3588    

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