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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2768   09/1900

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class 2721
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
272109/1900
2721 (0-6-0PT)08/1909
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 122
Works Number 1783
To Service During 09/1900
Withdrawal Thu 23/10/1947
Service Life 47 yrs, 1 mth , 22 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1900
SBZ   St Blazey on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 23/10/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SDN Swindon 4w/e 12/07/1947
WDN SBZ St Blazey m/e 31/10/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
09/1903 S2 boiler fitted
06/1907 S4 boiler fitted
08/1912 B4 boiler fitted
03/1920 Superheated boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during September included: Nos. 1005, 1925, 1935, 2112, 2148, 2195, 2444, 2551, 2612, 3005, 3017, 3022, 3023, 5318, 5319, 5335, 5398, W.D. 77368, 78543 an 79274. Works' pilots recently have been: Nos. 200, 2723, 2731, 2733 an 2768. No. 5049 CDF (ex Works 23/9) has been fitted with an experimental Swindon design mechanical lubricator (similar to that fitted to No. 4905) and also a 4-row superheater. The present batch of new 'Hall' Class locos. which are of the modified or '6959' Class are being fitted with straight sided tenders; No. 6974 and onwards are being lined out. SLS/194711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1900 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2768
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1783
   
09/1903 Modification Modification: S2 boiler fitted    
06/1907 Modification Modification: S4 boiler fitted    
08/1912 Modification Modification: B4 boiler fitted    
03/1920 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Blazey (SBZ)    
23/10/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 2768    

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