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===Saints=== [[File:Cardiff General Station geograph-2423641-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|No. 2920 ''Saint David''; from the third production series, built 1907, at [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff Central]] departing east towards Birmingham, 1953]] A third series of twenty further locomotives appeared during August and September 1907 (Swindon Lot 170), numbered 2911β30 and named after Saints. The framing for these had long curved ends under the cab and over the cylinders, which greatly improved the rather angular appearance of the earlier locomotives. They were fitted with cone boilers and smokeboxes. In October 1908, No. 2922 ''Saint Gabriel'' was fitted with a Swindon No. 2 superheater. The following year the Swindon No. 3 superheater became standard for the class.<ref name=RCTS3>{{harvnb |le Fleming|1953 |p=H24}}</ref> Between 1909 and 1912 the remainder of the locomotives were fitted with the Swindon No. 3 superheater. The ''Saints'' were withdrawn between 1932 and 1951. No. 2925 ''Saint Martin'' was rebuilt with smaller wheels in December 1924 to become the prototype [[GWR 4900 Class|Collett 4900]] and renumbered 4900 but still carrying the same name.
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