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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3743 m/e 01/1910
Great Western Railway (1912) 3453 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1910 Seagull

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Bird
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 177
Works Number 2362
To Service During 01/1910
Withdrawal Wed 07/11/1951
Service Life 41 yrs, 10 mths , 7 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1910
PPRD   Pontypool Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
WOS   Worcester 4w/e 26/02/1949
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 11/08/1951
     Withdrawn on 07/11/1951

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC WOS Worcester 4w/e 26/02/1949
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 11/08/1951
WDN   m/e 30/11/1951

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1914 Superheated boiler fitted
01/1920 Rebuilt with Piston Valves


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1948 Swindon Works (Stock Shed) New Work December: Nos. 6766 NEA (8/12), 6767 (21/12), 6768 (23/12); 6993 Arthog Hall WEY (4/12), 6994 Baggrave Hall EXE (9/12), 6995 Benthall Hall TN (17/12). Nos. 6993-95 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 6766-68 are black and unlined. Locomotives entering Works 29/11/48 to 24/12/48: These included Nos. 62 (condemned), 71 (condemned), 301 (condemned)-re-numbered from 201, 1020/21/22/24, 1400/07/44, 2068, 2414, 2833/37/94, 3430/31 (both condemned), 3614/74/82, 3724, 3808/17/21/38/59/64, 4038/39/80/90, 4087, 4112/50, 4274, 4353 (condemned), 4506/14/63/70/87, 4700, 4920/91, 5002/34/41/45/47/70/87, 5022, 5103, 5351/59/97, 5412/22, 5522/32, 5708/12, 5913/19/56/59/95, 6010/12/23, 6100/48/54, 6323/24/39/85, 6423, 6856, 6930/39/66, 7200/20/22, 7401, 7727, 9306, 9601/06. (4150 and 5022 were the locomotives that were involved in the Lapworth accident). On 16/12 the Stock Shed contained the following:-Nos. 5, 2906, 3012/15/17/18/23/41/44, 3453, 4017, 4168/69, 4914, 5153/83. Additional locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 5926 an 6947. 'Austerity' No. 77380 has been fitted with a smokebox numberplate (the first 'Austerity' to be so fitted here). 'Austerity' 2-8-0's to be fitted with standard G.W.R. fittings, which include Wakefield lubricator, G.W. type stuffing box and fountain, whistles, injectors, top feed and fire iron compartment, were ex Swindon Works as follows:-Nos. 77000 (19/5/48). 77027 (24/3/48), 77165 (13/4/48), 77291 (10/12/47), 77429 (9/6/48), 78542 (12/11/47), 79226 (6/9/48), 79278 (28/11/47). Frames are being cut for Lot 373. which, it is understood, is for some 0-6-0PT's with outside Walschaerts valve gear. SLS/194902
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
01/1910 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3743, name: Seagull
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2362
Diagram D3 boiler fitted
   
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3453    
11/1914 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
01/1920 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
26/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (WOS)    
11/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
07/11/1951 Withdrawn Condemned as 3453    

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