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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3040   09/1894

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1894 EMPRESS OF INDIA

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Achilles
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-2-2
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 94
Works Number 1400
To Service During 09/1894
Withdrawal During 03/1912
Service Life 17 yrs, 5 mths , 29 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1894
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1912

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   m/e 30/06/1956

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during December included the following: 100, 1943, 2132, 2792, 2809, 2825, 2837, 2840, 2844, 2851, 2891, 2912, 2955, 2980, 2989, 3016, 3026, 3040, 3804, 3829, 3838, 3865, 4025, 4038, 4059, 4080, 4704, 4950, 4955, 5001, 5023, 5039, 5060, 5063, 5079, 5083, 5085, 5349, 5374, 5376, 5380, 5926, 5956, 5961, 6009, 6029, 6333, 6354, 6929, 6933, 6935, 6956, 7320, and W.D. 77001. Works' pilots during the same period have included: 200, 207, 242, 1731, 1732, 1761, 2723, and 2773. Practically all 57XX going through the works are now receiving a top-feed boiler. Locos. noted recently so altered are: 3766, 6709, 8711, 8753, and 8780 NEA (the latter was seen at Paddington on 28/12, working empty stock!). 5083 Bath Abbey ('Castle') is an oil burner with large tender having different shape fuel tanks. New 'Counties' reported are: 1020 (SRD), 1021 (PDN), and 1022 (LA) SLS/194702

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1894 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3040, name: EMPRESS OF INDIA
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1400
   
03/1912 Withdrawn Condemned as 3040    

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