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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Original) 180 m/e 05/1905
Great Western Railway 2980 on 28/12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1907 COEUR DE LION

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class Saint
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 154
Works Number 2114
To Service During 05/1905
Withdrawal Mon 17/05/1948
Service Life 43 yrs , 17 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1905
GLO   Gloucester Horton Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 17/05/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN GLO Gloucester Horton Road m/e 31/05/1948

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1912 D4 boiler fitted
11/1912 Superheated boiler fitted


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
31/05/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. 1903, 2031, 2808/89, 2924/36/37/54, 3827, 4021/22/32/51/80/89/91/96, 4386, 4938/40/92, 5010/21/23, 5158, 5258, 5317/36/74, 5526/48/59/65, 5914/68, 6001/11/25/29, 6369/89, 6426, 6807/71, 6900/06/27/29, 7007, 7301/15, 77028, 77429 an 78714. New work (May): Nos. 7008 OXF, 7009 LDR (the latter is fitted with smokebox number plate); D.E. 15103/04 PDN; 9667-70. No. 7010 is nearly ready (28/5) and is painted pea green, as also is No. 4089, which is undergoing a general repair. Nos. 6009/26 have been painted royal blue and lined out in grey, yellow and red. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 1713, 2730/49/81, 3561 and D.E. 15103/04. Locomotives condemned include: Nos. 3391, 2980 an 2988. SLS/194807

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 180
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2114
   
03/1907 Naming Named 'COEUR DE LION'    
11/1912 Modification Modification: D4 boiler fitted    
11/1912 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
28/12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 2980    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Gloucester Horton Road (GLO)    
17/05/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 2980    

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