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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 505 m/e 08/1870

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 21
Works Number 233
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 08/1870
Withdrawal During 10/1919
Service Life 49 yrs, 1 mth , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1870
     Withdrawn m/e 10/1919

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1889 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
09/1900 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
04/1913 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1870 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 505
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 233
   
05/1889 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
09/1900 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
04/1913 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
10/1919 Withdrawn Condemned as 505    

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