Donor Locomotive No.4115
No.4115 was one of the later locomotives, being turned out by Swindon Works in October 1936. It spent most of its working life in the Birmingham area, but was based for a time at Croes Newydd Shed, Wrexham before being withdrawn from service in June 1965.
One of the "Barry Ten", she was sold to the Great Western Society at Didcot in 2010, to act as a donor locomotive for the creation of two new locomotives:
- GWR 4700 Class 2-8-0 No. 4709, to which it will donate: front end extension frames and cylinder sub-assembly; 5ft 8in driving wheels (patterns need to be made for casting the fourth wheel set); frame stays; footplate supports; brake hangers; vacuum brake cylinder and reservoir; weighshaft and bearings
- GWR 2221 Class County Tank 4-4-2T, to which it will donate its boiler.
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