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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3581 m/e 01/1899

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Metro
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-4-0T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 117
Works Number 1733
To Service During 01/1899
Withdrawal Sat 03/11/1945
Service Life 46 yrs, 10 mths , 3 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1899
TN   Taunton 4w/e 07/03/1936
     Withdrawn on 03/11/1945

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN STB Stourbridge Junction m/e 30/11/1945

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1907 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
12/1909 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
03/1914 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1947 Swindon Works Scrapyard On 2/4 the following were in the concentration yard awaiting scrapping: 1161, 1719, 1737, 1748, 1751, 1761, 1786, 1788, 1875, 1898, 2041, 2315, 2381, 2395, 2406, 2700, 2701, 2705, 2710, 2732; 2740, 2741, 2742, 2753, 2759, 2765, 3568, 3573, 3581; whilst the following were being cut-up: 1442, 1585, 1624, 1831, 2711, 3152 an 3166. SLS/194706

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1899 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3581
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1733
   
11/1907 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
12/1909 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
03/1914 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (TN)    
03/11/1945 Withdrawn Condemned as 3581    

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