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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 438 m/e 04/1868

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 11thGoods
Works Number 128
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 04/1868
Withdrawal During 02/1917
Service Life 48 yrs , 10 mths
Information Lost in the English Channel in May 1917 en route to Salonika for the war effort

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1868
     Withdrawn m/e 02/1917

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
09/1885 Diagram S3 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
04/1894 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
06/1911 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
12/1914 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1868 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 438
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 128
   
09/1885 Modification Diagram S3 boiler fitted    
04/1894 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
06/1911 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
12/1914 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
02/1917 Withdrawn Condemned as 438    

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