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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 3281 m/e 01/1897
Great Western Railway (1912) 3272 m/e 12/1912
Great Western Railway (90xx) 9072 m/e 10/1946

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1897 Fowey

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Dean
Class Duke
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 105
Works Number 1540
To Service During 01/1897
Withdrawal Fri 17/06/1949
Service Life 52 yrs, 5 mths , 17 dys
Information Denamed: Operating dept requested name removed to avoid confusing passengers believing the name to be the destination

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1897
MCH   Machynlleth 4w/e 14/12/1935
MCH   Machynlleth on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 17/06/1949

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN MCH Machynlleth m/e 30/06/1949

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1911 Superheated boiler fitted
12/1911 Diagram B4 boiler fitted (Belpaire firebox)
08/1920 Rebuilt with Piston Valves


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1949 Swindon Works (Condemned) New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1897 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3281, name: Fowey
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 1540
Diagram S4 boiler fitted
   
12/1911 Modification Diagram B4 boiler fitted    
12/1911 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 3272    
08/1920 Modification Modification: Rebuilt with Piston Valves    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (MCH)    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 9072    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Machynlleth (MCH)    
17/06/1949 Withdrawn Condemned as 9072    

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