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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1889 m/e 01/1891

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class 1854
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
1854 Saddle tank01/1891
1854 Pannier tank (0-6-0PT)08/1911
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 83
Works Number 1216
To Service During 01/1891
Building Cost £1,353.00
Withdrawal Fri 24/12/1948 off Cardiff Canton (CDF)
Service Life 57 yrs, 11 mths , 23 dys
Total Mileage 1,096,959

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1891
     Withdrawn on 05/08/1939
CDF   Cardiff Canton (Reinstated) on 11/11/1939
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 24/12/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN CDF Cardiff Canton m/e 31/12/1948

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
08/1911 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
11/1915 Superheated boiler fitted


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
01/1891 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1889
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1216
   
08/1911 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
11/1915 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
11/11/1939 Reinstated Reinstated to Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
24/12/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 1889 from Cardiff Canton (CDF)    

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