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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 781 m/e 07/1873

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 31
Works Number 437
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 07/1873
Withdrawal During 02/1917
Service Life 43 yrs, 7 mths , 1 dy
Information Lost in the English Channel in May 1917 en route to Salonika for the war effort

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1873
     Withdrawn m/e 02/1917

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/1889 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
04/1901 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1873 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 781
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 437
   
01/1889 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
04/1901 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
02/1917 Withdrawn Condemned as 781    

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