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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 4108 m/e 06/1908
Great Western Railway (1912) 4156 m/e 12/1912

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1908 Gardenia

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Flower
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 176
Works Number 2337
To Service During 06/1908
Withdrawal During 04/1929
Service Life 20 yrs , 10 mths

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1908
     Withdrawn m/e 04/1929

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1911 Superheated boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during July included:-Nos. 1019, 2532, 2841, 2852, 2931, 2936, 2939, 2943, 3831, 3862, 4032, 4074, 4083, 5005, 5030, 5357, 5936, 5942, 5990, 6317, 6345, 6360, 6395, W.D. 77294, 78542 and 78632. No. 2651 WOS was ex Works on 5/7. New engines reported seen are:-Nos. 4155 BRD, 4156 STJ and 6753-55 CV.BRY. - The following have received 'TF' boilers: Nos. 1410, 3790, 4630, 6405, 8756, and 9707. 'Austerity' Nos. 77000, 77443, 78510, 78512, 78521, and 79235 are all ex repairs in Belgium and painted black. The new 67XX are the same as the earlier ones, in that they are not fitted with screw couplings, train heating, vacuum brake or A.T.C. equipment. They are, however, fitted with 'TF' boilers. SLS/194709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1908 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4108, name: Gardenia
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2337
Diagram D3 boiler fitted
   
12/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 4156    
04/1929 Withdrawn Condemned as 4156    

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