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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 799 m/e 11/1873

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 31
Works Number 455
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 11/1873
Withdrawal During 07/1918
Service Life 44 yrs, 7 mths , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1873
     Withdrawn m/e 07/1918

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1889 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
05/1902 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
10/1906 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
12/1910 Superheated boiler fitted
12/1910 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1873 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 799
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 455
   
06/1889 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
05/1902 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
10/1906 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
12/1910 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
12/1910 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
07/1918 Withdrawn Condemned as 799    

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