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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 699 m/e 06/1872

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 28
Works Number 374
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 06/1872
Withdrawal During 12/1919
Service Life 47 yrs, 5 mths , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1872
     Withdrawn m/e 12/1919

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1890 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
06/1916 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/04/1958 Coventry Colliery Coventry Colliery no. 5, ex Barry Ry. no. 1 and G.W.R. 699, is to be withdrawn shortly and replaced by a diesel loco-motive; in March it was relegated from trip engine to Pit Top shunter. SLS/195805
14/03/1962 Industrial Locomotives N.C.B. The ex-Barry Rly. no. 1, GWR 699, at Coventry Colliery (no. 5) has been withdrawn and cut up there. Latter was completed 14th March. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1872 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 699
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 374
   
02/1890 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
06/1916 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
12/1919 Withdrawn Condemned as 699    

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