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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3215 m/e 07/1889

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Barnum
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 75
Works Number 1146
To Service During 07/1889
Withdrawal During 07/1927
Service Life 38 yrs

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1889
     Withdrawn m/e 07/1927

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1901 Diagram BR0 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
02/1909 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/12/1947 Swindon Works New construction 10/12: Nos. 3213 GLO and 3214 WOS were in the yard, awaiting tenders. No. 3215 SPM was complete in 'A' Shop, No. 3216 was ready for painting, while No. 3217 was having the boiler mounted. Nos. 3218/9 frames and cylinders, No. 6981 frames set up, but cylinders not attached. Also in 'A' Shop were four sections of diesel units, three being under tarpaulin cover. The fourth bore a plate 'English Electric.' Items of interest included No. 898, which was being cut-up in 'A' Shop; No. 7304 has been fitted with new cylinders and outside steampipes; one of the two Welshpool and Llanfair N.G. locos. was stripped right down in 'A' Shop, but no means of identification were apparent. SLS/194801
31/12/1947 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during December included: Nos. 111, 823, 1007, 1017, 1760, 2280, 2830, 2873, 2902, 2940, 3810, 3856, 4013, 4036, 4062, 4702, 4705, 4854, 4946, 4947, 5024, 5072, 5073, 5092, 5939, 5966, 6310, 6312, 6329, 6350, 6374, 6397, 6866, 6901, 6921, 6938, 6948, 7001 and W.D. 77429. Works' pilots recently have been: Nos. 242, 905, 1713, 2781 an 3561. W.D. No. 73291 was ex Works on 11/12, having been fitted with G.W. top feed clacks and a Wakefield lubricator; the Westinghouse brake had been removed. No. 3215 has been fitted with a repaired R.O.D. tender and was ex Works on 12/12. SLS/194802

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1889 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3215
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1146
Diagram S2 boiler fitted
   
06/1901 Modification Diagram BR0 boiler fitted    
02/1909 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
07/1927 Withdrawn Condemned as 3215    

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