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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 608 m/e 06/1871

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 24
Works Number 296
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 06/1871
Withdrawal During 07/1919
Service Life 48 yrs , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1871
     Withdrawn m/e 07/1919

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1882 Diagram W3 boiler fitted (Round firebox)
05/1899 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
09/1908 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1871 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 608
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 296
   
04/1882 Modification Diagram W3 boiler fitted    
05/1899 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
09/1908 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
07/1919 Withdrawn Condemned as 608    

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