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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 780 m/e 07/1878

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 31
Works Number 436
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 07/1878
Withdrawal During 06/1905
Service Life 26 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1878
     Withdrawn m/e 06/1905

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1886 Diagram S3 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
09/1892 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1878 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 780
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 436
   
05/1886 Modification Diagram S3 boiler fitted    
09/1892 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
06/1905 Withdrawn Condemned as 780    

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