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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 790 m/e 10/1873

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 31
Works Number 446
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 10/1873
Withdrawal During 12/1914
Service Life 41 yrs , 2 mths

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1873
     Withdrawn m/e 12/1914

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
09/1889 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
04/1901 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
12/1903 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
11/1911 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1873 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 790
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 446
   
09/1889 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
04/1901 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
12/1903 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
11/1911 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
12/1914 Withdrawn Condemned as 790    

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