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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2741   04/1899

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class 2721
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
272104/1899
2721 (0-6-0PT)05/1914
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 115
Works Number 1703
To Service During 04/1899
Withdrawal Fri 19/10/1945
Service Life 46 yrs, 6 mths , 18 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1899
     Withdrawn on 19/10/1945

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN SED Swansea East Dock m/e 31/10/1945

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1914 B4 boiler fitted
09/1921 Superheated boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during November: 13, 28, 1003, 1785, 2189, 2202/39/91, 2669, 2741, 2854, 2921/34/81, 3004/44, 3183, 3366, 3435/43, 3638, 3775/98, 3802/4/13/4/7/38/57/65, 4000/16/53/74/82/95/8, 4272 4543, 4643/58, 4826, 4965/82; 5005/17/20/6, 5125/37, 5327/50/84, 5413, 5502/23, 5735/8/59/69, 5905/16/23/32/3/9/58/69, 6002/8, 6125/57, 6353/97; 6846, 6951/4, 7243, 7712/8/73/4/7/84, 8755, 9797. The advent of a K3 to Swindon works has been commented upon in the January Journal: it has a hole in its blast pipe, a bad regulator blow-through.and a hot box on one of the driving wheels. It may be recalled that B12/3 8539 was seen on the works turntable in 1944 when she was on loan to W.D. for working Ambulance Trains, but it is not known whether, on that occasion, she had entered the works or was merely using the turntable due to some defect of the one at the shed.
The scale of withdrawals has been so great that the concentration yard has been overwhelmed, and some of the locos are stored in a road adjacent to the main line-2381/5, 2406, 1161, 3439, 2732/59 being noted- there on 21/12. Both latter engines had been dead at the home sheds for some time before their withdrawal.
SLS/194602
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
04/1899 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2741
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1703
   
04/1914 Modification Modification: B4 boiler fitted    
09/1921 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
19/10/1945 Withdrawn Condemned as 2741    

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