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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2541   08/1897

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Dean Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 108
Works Number 1582
To Service During 08/1897
Withdrawal Fri 04/06/1954
Service Life 56 yrs, 10 mths , 4 dys
Total Mileage 1,181,944

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 14/08/1954 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1897
GLO   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 14/12/1935
85   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/12/1945
HFD   Hereford 4w/e 29/12/1945
     Withdrawn on 04/06/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GLO Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 01/12/1945
WDN   m/e 30/06/1954

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1902 S2 boiler fitted
09/1906 B4 boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during October, 1945: 2184, 2206, 2530/41, 2638, 2805/14/72/3/82/8, 2915/33/46, 3025/36, 3656, 3810/3/66, 4016/7/32/40/4154/618/96, 4517/51/64/80, 4603/17/41/53/65, 4704, 4818/31/6, 4925/9/47, 5065/84, 5208/37, 5312/56/81, 5422, 5508/22/66/72, 5718/23, 5902/21/4/8/9/64 6000/6/9/24, 6116, 6378/9, 6437, 6732/9, 6955, 7214, 7719/26/40, 8741/6, 9304/17, 9702/64. L.M.S. 8402/6/14. L.N.E. K3 17. SLS/194602

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1897 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2541
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1582		    
10/1902 Modification Modification: S2 boiler fitted    
09/1906 Modification Modification: B4 boiler fitted    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (GLO)    
01/12/1945 Allocation      
29/12/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (HFD)    
04/06/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 2541    
14/08/1954 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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