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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 603 m/e 05/1871

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 24
Works Number 291
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 05/1871
Withdrawal During 06/1919
Service Life 48 yrs, 1 mth , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1871
     Withdrawn m/e 06/1919

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1888 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
05/1900 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
11/1903 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
03/1907 Diagram B2 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
02/1913 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
12/1917 Diagram B2 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1871 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 603
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 291
   
04/1888 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
05/1900 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
11/1903 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
03/1907 Modification Diagram B2 boiler fitted    
02/1913 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
12/1917 Modification Diagram B2 boiler fitted    
06/1919 Withdrawn Condemned as 603    

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