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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 609 m/e 06/1871

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Armstrong
Class Standard Goods
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 24
Works Number 297
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram S3 (Round top firebox)
Train Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 06/1871
Withdrawal During 03/1920
Service Life 48 yrs, 8 mths , 29 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1871
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1920

Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1892 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
10/1906 Diagram S4 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
09/1908 Diagram S2 boiler fitted (Round top firebox)
11/1914 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1871 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 609
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 297
   
03/1892 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
10/1906 Modification Diagram S4 boiler fitted    
09/1908 Modification Diagram S2 boiler fitted    
11/1914 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
03/1920 Withdrawn Condemned as 609    

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