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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3049   02/1895

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/1895 PROMETHEUS
05/1895 NELSON

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Achilles
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-2-2
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 95
Works Number 1409
To Service During 02/1895
Withdrawal During 07/1913
Service Life 18 yrs, 4 mths , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1895
     Withdrawn m/e 07/1913

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN TYS Tyseley m/e 30/11/1948

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1949 Swindon Works New Work January: Nos. 6996 Blackwell Hall (RDG (4/1)), 6997 Bryn-Ivor Hall (17/1), 6998 Burton Agnes Hall (28/1); 6769 BRY (6/1). Locomotives entering Works 30/12/48 to 28/1/49: These included Nos. p24 (Petrol), 213/46 (Both acting as Works' pilots), 1007/08/19, 1369, 1426/29, 2016 (open cab), 2235/64/94, 2445, 2807/59, 2843, 2942/79/87, 3020/44, 3631/33, 3751, 3811/57 (damaged), 3818/28/55, 4017/41/46/53/59/74/78/79/86, 4122/37, 4225/82,, 4507/10/50/94, 4601, 4801 (Ex-Carriage Stock Shed-for conversion to coal-burning), 4912/15/21/35/58, 5014/27/29/49/57/61/92/93, 5108/34, 5225, 5307/33/48/58, 5502/05/12/31/53/72, 5909/49/61/97 , 6013/23/29, 6104/38/58/66, 6304/07/32/34/59/81, 6432, 6640, 6802/03/64/65/69, 6967, 7412, 7731/62/66/86/87, 7805, 8724/26, 9604/11/53, 9732/53/69, W.D. 77049 (badly damaged), 79279, 79309. Condemned: Nos. *1538, *1713, 2717 (all to Concentration Yard), 1889/97, 2767 (open cab), 2935, 3049, 3446/48, 4320. *After acting as Works' pilot.
Further locomotives painted black and fully lined, include Nos. 4900, 5997, 6930/39, while No. 2166 came out black and unlined-with the original boiler again. No. 3020 has had a heavy repair (with a change of boiler), fitted with a smokebox numberplate, but not re-painted
SLS/194903

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1895 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3049, name: PROMETHEUS
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1409
   
05/1895 Naming Renamed 'NELSON'    
07/1913 Withdrawn Condemned as 3049    

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