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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2794   02/1901

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class 2721
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
272102/1901
2721 (0-6-0PT)02/1916
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 129
Works Number 1900
To Service During 02/1901
Withdrawal Wed 30/11/1949
Service Life 48 yrs, 9 mths , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1901
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 30/11/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN NPTG Ebbw Junction (Newport) m/e 30/11/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1915 B4 boiler fitted
12/1915 Superheated boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
08/10/1950 Swindon Works On the occasion of the visit on 8/10/50, interesting engines were 7925 Westol Hall (83G), 6770, 9429 (RSH.7566/50), 8464 (YEC.2457/50), 7926 (not painted), 7924 Thornycroft Hall; new construction included 7927-7929 an 6771 onwards. The stock shed contained 5 Portishead, 992, 1366/69/71, 2014/7, 2195, 2754, 2894/5, 3453, 3645, 3666, 3866, 4055, 4901/25/56, 5068, 5084, 5086, 5523, 5534, 5700, 5924, 6102/7, 6716, 6915, 6924, 7037 (no name), 7923 Speke Hall; there were two new tanks in the running shed, 8422 an 9428 (RSH.7565/50). On the dump were 46, 281, 294, 422, 428, 1747, 1919, 1949, 1989, 2006, 2022, 2047, 2064, 2716, 2794, 3386, and S. & M. 'Coal Engines' 8108 (8182 & 8236 partly dismantled). It is reported that 8463 (0-6-0T) has no works plate, and that 9427 is RSH. 7564/50, but it may not be generally known that the makers' plates are fixed only to the left side leading splashers on these engines. SLS/195012

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1901 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2794
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1900
   
12/1915 Modification Modification: B4 boiler fitted    
12/1915 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
30/11/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 2794    

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