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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 879 m/e 01/1874

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 35
Works Number 488
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 01/1874
Withdrawal During 10/1914
Service Life 40 yrs, 8 mths , 30 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1874
     Withdrawn m/e 10/1914

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/1896 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
11/1903 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1874 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 879
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 488
   
01/1896 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
11/1903 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
10/1914 Withdrawn Condemned as 879    

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