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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1585 m/e 05/1879

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class 1076
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
113405/1879
1076 (0-6-0PT)04/1919
Wheels 0-6-0ST
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 49
Works Number 778
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram W3 (Round firebox)
To Service During 05/1879
Withdrawal During 04/1946
Service Life 66 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1879
     Withdrawn m/e 04/1946

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN ABDR Aberdare m/e 30/04/1946

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1895 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
01/1919 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
04/1919 Rebuilt with pannier tanks


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1947 Swindon Works Scrapyard On 2/4 the following were in the concentration yard awaiting scrapping: 1161, 1719, 1737, 1748, 1751, 1761, 1786, 1788, 1875, 1898, 2041, 2315, 2381, 2395, 2406, 2700, 2701, 2705, 2710, 2732; 2740, 2741, 2742, 2753, 2759, 2765, 3568, 3573, 3581; whilst the following were being cut-up: 1442, 1585, 1624, 1831, 2711, 3152 an 3166. SLS/194706

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1879 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1585
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 778
Diagram S3 boiler fitted
   
12/1895 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
01/1919 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
04/1919 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with pannier tanks    
04/1946 Withdrawn Condemned as 1585    

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