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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4026 m/e 09/1909

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1909 KING RICHARD (removed 07/1927)
07/1927 THE JAPANESE MONARCH (removed 11/1927)
11/1927 JAPANESE MONARCH

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class Star
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 178
Works Number 2370
To Service During 09/1909
Withdrawal Mon 20/02/1950 off Taunton (83B)
Service Life 40 yrs, 5 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1909
TN   Taunton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 20/02/1950

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN 83B Taunton m/e 28/02/1950

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1913 Superheated boiler fitted
10/1932 'Elbow' pattern outside steam pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March included: Nos. 1006/16, 1434, 1861, 2943/44, 3015, 3803/53/60, 4012/16/23/26/30/35/77/90/94, 4803, 4941/98, 5006/09/25/59/68/80/97, 5339/50/78, 5901/07/48/83, 6011/13/19/22, 6318/20/22/65, 6903/20/23/42/51, 7001, 9089 an 9302. New work: Nos. 6986-89 and 0-6-0 Diesel-electric No. 15101, the latter with cast brass number plates and 'British Railways' on the sides; also numbers in 3' letters in the centre of the buffer beams. W.D. Nos. 77060/145/280/335, 79244 (all ex repair in Belgium) and 78624 arrived in the Works on 23/3 from Marston sidings. W.D. Nos. 77027 an 77165 are ex Works with G.W. type top feed and Wakefield lubricator. Works' pilots recently have been and are Nos. 198, 250, 410, 1713 an 2781; 905 ceased to work on these duties W/E 13/3 and has gone for scrapping. No. 1358 was in the Works W/E 13/3 for scrapping, while No. 3004 was cut up in the same week. No. 6022 LA went on the test plant on 18/3 for several days and is now being prepared to go to the L.N.E.R. Engines ex Works are now emerging without the prefix W. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4026, name: KING RICHARD
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2370
   
05/1913 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
07/1927 Naming Renamed 'THE JAPANESE MONARCH'    
11/1927 Naming Renamed 'JAPANESE MONARCH'    
11/1927 Naming Renamed 'JAPANESE MONARCH'    
10/1932 Modification Modification: 'Elbow' pattern outside steam pipes fitted    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Taunton (TN)    
20/02/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 4026 from Taunton (83B)    

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