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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3735 m/e 05/1909
Great Western Railway (1912) 3445 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
05/1909 Flamingo

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bird
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 177
Works Number 2354
To Service During 05/1909
Withdrawal Mon 04/10/1948
Service Life 39 yrs, 5 mths , 4 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1909
WLN   Wellington 4w/e 11/01/1936
LA   Laira on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
GLO   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 04/09/1948
     Withdrawn on 04/10/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GLO Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 04/09/1948
WDN GLO Gloucester Horton Road m/e 31/10/1948

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1911 Superheated boiler fitted
07/1911 Diagram D2 boiler fitted
12/1913 Diagram D3 boiler fitted
02/1915 Rebuilt with Piston Valves


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1945 Plymouth Area There have been some very heavy trains, especially in the Up direction, the Cornish riviera always being in two parts, with double heading the rule as far as Newton Abbot. It is very pleasing to see so many 4-4-0's on this section of the G.W., those recently noted at North Road being: 3313/54/75/83/91, 3401/30/1/40/1/3/5/6. The Saltash auto-service is worked by four coach auto units with the loco (one of the Laira 64XX pannier tanks) sandwiched in the middle. More normal two coach formations may be used at slack periods. SLS/194601
31/10/1948 Swindon Works New work October: Nos. 7438 DG (4/10), 7439 LLY (12/10); 4165 TYS (7/10), 4166 (15/10), 4167 (22/10), whilst under construction were:-Nos. *4168/69, 6760-69 (6760/61 were almost complete on 27/10). These will be followed by Nos. 6991-99 and 7900 under Lot 368. *It is understood that Nos. 4170-79 will not be built at present. Locomotives entering Works October: These included Nos. 259 (condemned)-this is the last Barry Rly. Class 'B' to retain the original boiler, 783 (condemned), 1023/26, 1362, 1745 (condemned), 2166-this is the last of .the class to retain a boiler with a round-topped firebox. The boiler also carries a rather unusual type of safety valve, upon which are mounted the whistles, 2243/52, 2709 (condemned), 2804/48/65, 2928 (condemned), 2989 (condemned), 3005/13/39/46 (all condemned), 3104/87, 3335 (condemned), 3341, 3376 (condemned), 3445 (condemned), 3811/33, 4048, 4118, 4290, 4502/29/83, 4918/32/66/93/96, 5007/38/40/69/81/83/85/91, 5111, 5214/33, 5320/40 (both condemned), 5364/84, 5530/63, 5965/74/92, 6004/09/27, 6116/37/44, 6319/30/53/55/76, 6436, 6817, 6908/22/77, 7000/17, 7215/34, 7300, 9300, 9711/45. Nos. 4160-65 came out in standard G.W. green (unlined) and lettered 'British Railways'; 4166/67 black (fully lined), but not lettered; 7430-38 standard G.W. green (unlined), but not lettered, while No. 7439 came out black, being neither lined nor lettered. The following have been repainted black, fully lined, but not lettered: Nos. 4166/67, 4975, 5955, 6908/16 while Nos. 3826/61, 4128, 4280, 4532, 5183, 5207, 6393 an 7439 are also black, but are neither lined nor lettered.
Locomotives fitted with smokebox numberplates during October included:-Nos. 1991, 2144, 2838, 3826/61/64, 4088, 4128/66/67, 4280, 4532, 4639, 4975, 5015, 5183, 5207, 5375, 5951/55, 6340/71/93, 6406, 6908/16, 7439, 7730, 7818, 9730. 'Austerity' 2-8-0's Nos. 77026, 77200 an 79239 have been noted ex repair, by Armstrong Whitworth's; they were painted black and had large Gill Sans numerals. After acting as Works' pilots, Nos. 1730 an 2755 have now been finally withdrawn.
SLS/194812

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3735, name: Flamingo
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2354
Diagram D3 boiler fitted
   
07/1911 Modification Diagram D2 boiler fitted    
07/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3445    
12/1913 Modification Diagram D3 boiler fitted    
02/1915 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Wellington (WLN)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Laira (LA)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (GLO)    
04/10/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 3445    

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