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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3026   08/1891

Names Carried
Date From Name
08/1891 TORNADO

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class 3021
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
302108/1891
3021 (2-2-2)06/1892
Achilles (4-2-2)06/1894
Wheels 2-2-2
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 86
Works Number 1266
To Service During 08/1891
Withdrawal During 02/1909
Service Life 17 yrs , 6 mths

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1891
     Withdrawn m/e 02/1909
84C   Banbury 4w/e 16/06/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CNYD Croes Newydd 4w/e 25/01/1947
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 16/06/1951
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 11/09/1954
WDN   m/e 31/12/1954

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering works during October and November included 1366, 1409, 1416, 1538, 2017, 2092, 2212, 2411, 2538, 2612, 2708, 2792,2817, 2825, 2836, 2842, 2851, 2859, 2882, 2883, 2884, 2885, 2906, 2927, 2947, 2955,2980, 2987, 2889, 3016, 3026, 3363, 3421, 4038, 4042. 4046, 4052, 4059, 4903, 4934,4953, 4954, 4966, 4973, 5949, 5961, 5989, 5997, 6917, 6922, 6929, 6947, 6959, 70876, 77086, 77326, and 79309 SLS/194701
31/12/1946 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during December included the following: 100, 1943, 2132, 2792, 2809, 2825, 2837, 2840, 2844, 2851, 2891, 2912, 2955, 2980, 2989, 3016, 3026, 3040, 3804, 3829, 3838, 3865, 4025, 4038, 4059, 4080, 4704, 4950, 4955, 5001, 5023, 5039, 5060, 5063, 5079, 5083, 5085, 5349, 5374, 5376, 5380, 5926, 5956, 5961, 6009, 6029, 6333, 6354, 6929, 6933, 6935, 6956, 7320, and W.D. 77001. Works' pilots during the same period have included: 200, 207, 242, 1731, 1732, 1761, 2723, and 2773. Practically all 57XX going through the works are now receiving a top-feed boiler. Locos. noted recently so altered are: 3766, 6709, 8711, 8753, and 8780 NEA (the latter was seen at Paddington on 28/12, working empty stock!). 5083 Bath Abbey ('Castle') is an oil burner with large tender having different shape fuel tanks. New 'Counties' reported are: 1020 (SRD), 1021 (PDN), and 1022 (LA) SLS/194702

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1891 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3026, name: TORNADO
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1266
   
02/1909 Withdrawn Condemned as 3026    
16/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    

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