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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 628 m/e 10/1871

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Metro
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-4-0T
Builder Swindon Works
To Service During 10/1871
Withdrawal During 03/1930
Service Life 58 yrs, 4 mths , 29 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1871
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1930

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
10/1892 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
04/1918 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1871 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 628
Built at Swindon Works
   
10/1892 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
04/1918 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
03/1930 Withdrawn Condemned as 628    

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