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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 492 m/e 02/1870

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 21
Works Number 216
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 02/1870
Withdrawal During 12/1920
Service Life 50 yrs, 9 mths , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1870
     Withdrawn m/e 12/1920

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
09/1886 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
04/1903 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
09/1905 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1870 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 492
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 216
   
09/1886 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
04/1903 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
09/1905 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
12/1920 Withdrawn Condemned as 492    

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