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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2737   08/1898

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class 2721
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
272108/1898
2721 (0-6-0PT)11/1926
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 112
Works Number 1678
To Service During 08/1898
Withdrawal Fri 14/11/1947
Service Life 49 yrs, 3 mths , 14 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1898
PZ   Penzance on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 14/11/1947

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN PZ Penzance m/e 30/11/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1926 B4 boiler fitted
11/1926 Superheated boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during September included:-907, 1011, 1012, 2054, 2066, 2262, 2737, 2804, 2814, 2826, 3014, 3036, 3562, 3809, 3840, 4033, 4054, 4090, 4092, 4920, 4929, 4930, 4944, 4983, 4985, 4997, 5041, 5052, 5056, 5060, 5061, 5065, 5076, 5080, 5086, 5905, 5912, 5938, 5991, 6808, 6831, 6876, 7817, 7819, W.D.77508 an 78542; the latter having been stored since last July. The following were ex Works as follows:-Nos. 6972 (4/10), 6973 (8/10), 6974 (14/10), 6975 (18/10), 6976 (29/10), 79274 (7/10), 78543 (16/10). Works' pilots recently have been Nos. 200, 242, 2723, 2731, 3561. SLS/194712

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1898 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2737
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1678
   
11/1926 Modification Modification: B4 boiler fitted    
11/1926 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Penzance (PZ)    
14/11/1947 Withdrawn Condemned as 2737    

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