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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 668 m/e 12/1871

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 26
Works Number 332
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 12/1871
Withdrawal During 02/1912
Service Life 40 yrs, 2 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1871
     Withdrawn m/e 02/1912

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1885 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
04/1898 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
12/1906 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
06/1909 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1871 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 668
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 332
   
05/1885 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
04/1898 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
12/1906 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
06/1909 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
02/1912 Withdrawn Condemned as 668    

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