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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 716 m/e 11/1872

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 28
Works Number 391
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 11/1872
Withdrawal During 02/1917
Service Life 44 yrs , 3 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 11/1872
     Withdrawn m/e 02/1917

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/1893 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
12/1903 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
04/1906 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
07/1911 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1872 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 716
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 391
   
01/1893 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
12/1903 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
04/1906 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
07/1911 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
02/1917 Withdrawn Condemned as 716    

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