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The GWR 0-6-0PT is a type of steam locomotive
built by the Great Western Railway
with the water tanks carried on both sides of the boiler, in the manner of pannier
s. They were used for local, suburban and branch line passenger and goods traffic, for shunting duties, and as banker engines
on inclines. The early examples, such as the 1901 and 2021 classes, were rebuilt from saddle or side tanks when the locos received a Belpaire firebox
– this type of firebox has a square top and is incompatible with a curved saddle tank. This process mostly took place during the tenure at Swindon Works of George Jackson Churchward
. Only a very small number of saddle tank locomotives escaped rebuilding as panniers, notably the 1361 Class
built new under Churchward in 1910, by which date a few of the 1813 Class
had already been rebuilt as pannier tanks.
The GWR pannier tank locomotives were classified as follows:
Small engines (wheelbase under 15'), rebuilt from saddle or side tanks
Small engines (wheelbase under 15'), built as pannier tanks from new
Large engines (wheelbase over 15'), rebuilt from saddle or side tanks
Large engines (wheelbase over 15'), built as pannier tanks from new
Large boiler/short wheelbase
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
built by the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
with the water tanks carried on both sides of the boiler, in the manner of pannier
Pannier
A pannier is a basket, bag, box, or similar container, carried in pairs either slung over the back of a beast of burden, or attached to the sides of a bicycle or motorcycle. The term derives from the Old French, from Classical Latin, word for bread basket....
s. They were used for local, suburban and branch line passenger and goods traffic, for shunting duties, and as banker engines
Bank engine
A bank engine or helper engine or pusher engine is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a grade...
on inclines. The early examples, such as the 1901 and 2021 classes, were rebuilt from saddle or side tanks when the locos received a Belpaire firebox
Belpaire firebox
The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. It was invented by Alfred Belpaire of Belgium. It has a greater surface area at the top of the firebox, improving heat transfer and steam production...
– this type of firebox has a square top and is incompatible with a curved saddle tank. This process mostly took place during the tenure at Swindon Works of George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward CBE was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922.-Early career:...
. Only a very small number of saddle tank locomotives escaped rebuilding as panniers, notably the 1361 Class
GWR 1361 Class
The 1361 Class were small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon railway works, England, mainly for shunting in docks and other sidings where track curvature was too tight for large locomotives.-History:...
built new under Churchward in 1910, by which date a few of the 1813 Class
GWR 1813 Class
The Great Western Railway's 1813 Class was a series of 40 0-6-0 side-tank engines built at Swindon Works in two lots of 20 engines each:* Nos. 1813-1832 * Nos...
had already been rebuilt as pannier tanks.
Classification
Small engines (wheelbase under 15'), rebuilt from saddle or side tanks
- 93, 850, 1901 ClassesGWR 850 ClassClass 850 of the Great Western Railway was an extensive class of small 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway between 1874 and 1895...
G. ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong (engineer)George Armstrong was in charge of standard gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway at Stafford Road Works, Wolverhampton from 1864 to 1897...
/W'hampton 1874-95, 292 locos - 2021, 2101 ClassesGWR 2021 ClassThe GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1905...
Dean/W'hampton 1897-1905, 140 locos
Small engines (wheelbase under 15'), built as pannier tanks from new
- 5400 ClassGWR 5400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 5400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. They were similar in appearance to many other GWR tank engines but smaller than the ubiquitous GWR 5700 Class....
Collett/Swindon 1930, 25 locos - 6400, 7400 ClassesGWR 6400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 6400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive introduced by Charles Collett in 1932. All 40 examples were 'auto-fitted' – equipped with the remote-control equipment needed for working autotrains....
Collett/Swindon 1932-50, 90 locos - 1366 ClassGWR 1366 ClassThe Great Western Railway 1366 Class was a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive built in 1934.-History and development:The 1366 class was one of only two pannier tank designs built by the GWR that utilised outside cylinders, although various existing engines inherited by the GWR had...
CollettCharles CollettCharles Benjamin Collett was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotives.-Career:...
/Swindon 1934, six locos - 1600 ClassGWR 1600 ClassThe Great Western Railway 1600 class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive.-History:The class was based on the 2021 class designed by Dean and built from 1897 onwards...
HawksworthFrederick HawksworthFrederick W. Hawksworth , was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway ....
/Swindon 1949-55, 80 locos
Large engines (wheelbase over 15'), rebuilt from saddle or side tanks
- 302 ClassJ. ArmstrongJoseph Armstrong (engineer)Joseph Armstrong was a British locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway...
/W'hampton 1864-5, eight locos - 1016 ClassGWR 1016 ClassThe 1016 Class consisted of sixty double-framed 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway between 1867 and 1871...
G. Armstrong/W'hampton 1867-71, eight locos - 1076 (Buffalo), 1134 ClassesGWR 1076 ClassThe 1076 Class were 266 double-framed 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one was withdrawn in 1946...
J. Armstrong/Swindon 1870-1881, 266 locos - 645, 1501 ClassesGWR 645 ClassThe GWR 645 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway . Thirty-six were constructed between 1872-3, of which three were built for the South Wales Mineral Railway , two for the Carmarthen...
G. Armstrong/W'hampton 1872-81, 106 locos - 119 ClassGWR 119 Class (tank engine)The 119 Class of the Great Western Railway consisted of a series of 11 0-6-0 saddle tank engines. They were numbered 119-21 and 123-30 and had originally been built in 1861 at Swindon Works as tender engines to a design of Daniel Gooch, part of the 79 Class...
G. Armstrong/W'hampton (renewals after Gooch) 1878-83, 11 locos - 322 ClassGWR 322 Class (tank engine)Six Great Western Railway outside-framed 0-6-0 locomotives, originally built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. as 322 class tender engines, were subsequently rebuilt in 1878-85 as saddle tank locomotives by George Armstrong at Wolverhampton Works. They were numbered in sequence as 322-327, No. 323 having...
G. Armstrong/W'hampton (renewals after Beyer) 1878-85, six locos - 1813 ClassGWR 1813 ClassThe Great Western Railway's 1813 Class was a series of 40 0-6-0 side-tank engines built at Swindon Works in two lots of 20 engines each:* Nos. 1813-1832 * Nos...
Dean/Swindon 1882-4, 40 locos - 1661 ClassGWR 1661 ClassThe 1661 Class was William Dean's second design of tank locomotive for England's Great Western Railway. Like the 1813 Class which preceded them, there were 40 1661s, turned out at Swindon in two batches:* Nos. 1661-1680 * Nos...
Dean/Swindon 1886-7, 40 locos - 655 ClassGWR 655 ClassClass 655 of the Great Western Railway was a class of 52 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the GWR's Wolverhampton Works. They were built in three lots between 1892 and 1897:* Nos. 655, 767 and 1741-1750...
G. Armstrong/W'hampton 1892-7, 52 locos - 1854 ClassGWR 1854 ClassGWR 1854 is a class of tank locomotive designed by William Dean and constructed at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway. The class used similar inside frames and chassis dimensions to the 1813 Class of 1882-4. In this they differed from the intervening 1661 Class, which had reverted to...
Dean/Swindon 1890-95, 120 locos - 2721 ClassGWR 2721 ClassThe GWR 2721 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were designed by William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1901....
Dean/Swindon 1897-1901, 80 locos
Large engines (wheelbase over 15'), built as pannier tanks from new
- GWR 5700 ClassGWR 5700 ClassThe Great Western Railway 5700 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950. 863 were built, making them the second most-produced British class of steam locomotive.- Overview :...
Collett/Swindon and outside firms 1929-50, 863 locos - GWR 9400 ClassGWR 9400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties.The first ten 9400s were the last steam engines built by the GWR. After nationalisation in 1948, another 200 were built by private contractors for British Railways...
Hawksworth/Swindon and outside firms 1947-56, 210 locos
Large boiler/short wheelbase
- GWR 1500 ClassGWR 1500 ClassThe Great Western Railway 1500 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. Despite being a GWR design, all ten were built by the Western Region of British Railways in 1949.-Overview:...
Hawksworth/Swindon 1949, 10 locos
Preservation
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| 1366 | 1369 | South Devon Railway Trust South Devon Railway Trust The South Devon Railway Trust is a charitable organisation that operates a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon, alongside the River Dart... |
| 1500 | 1501 | Severn Valley Railway Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route... |
| 1600 | 1638 | Kent and East Sussex Railway Kent and East Sussex Railway The Kent & East Sussex Railway refers to both an historical private railway company in Kent and Sussex in England, as well as a heritage railway currently running on part of the route of the historical company.-Historical Company:-Background:... |
| 8750 | 3650 | Didcot Railway Centre Didcot Railway Centre Didcot Railway Centre, located in the town of Didcot in the English county of Oxfordshire, is based around the site of a comprehensive "engine shed" which became redundant after the nationalisation of the UK railways, due to the gradual changeover from steam to diesel motive power.-Description:The... |
| 3738 | Didcot Railway Centre Didcot Railway Centre Didcot Railway Centre, located in the town of Didcot in the English county of Oxfordshire, is based around the site of a comprehensive "engine shed" which became redundant after the nationalisation of the UK railways, due to the gradual changeover from steam to diesel motive power.-Description:The... |
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| 4612 | Bodmin and Wenford Railway Bodmin and Wenford Railway The Bodmin & Wenford Railway is a heritage railway, based at Bodmin in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has an interchange with the national rail network at Bodmin Parkway railway station, the southern terminus of the line.-History:... |
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| 5700 | 5764 | Severn Valley Railway Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route... |
| 5775 | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Keighley and Worth Valley Railway The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a long branch line that served mills and villages in the Worth Valley and is now a heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England. It runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network line at Keighley railway station... |
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| 5786 | South Devon Railway South Devon Railway Trust The South Devon Railway Trust is a charitable organisation that operates a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon, alongside the River Dart... |
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| 6400 | 6412 | South Devon Railway South Devon Railway Trust The South Devon Railway Trust is a charitable organisation that operates a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon, alongside the River Dart... |
| 6430 | Llangollen Railway Llangollen Railway The Llangollen Railway is a volunteer-run preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Carrog; at long, it is the longest preserved standard gauge line in Wales and operates daily in Summer as well as weekends throughout the Winter months using a wide variety of... |
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| 6435 | Bodmin and Wenford Railway Bodmin and Wenford Railway The Bodmin & Wenford Railway is a heritage railway, based at Bodmin in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has an interchange with the national rail network at Bodmin Parkway railway station, the southern terminus of the line.-History:... |
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| 5700 | 7714 | Severn Valley Railway Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route... |
| 7715 | Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station, in the far depths of "Metro-land", about 5 miles west of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. The site is divided into two halves which are joined by two foot-bridges, one of... |
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| 7752 | Tyseley Locomotive Works | |
| 7754 | Llangollen Railway Llangollen Railway The Llangollen Railway is a volunteer-run preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Carrog; at long, it is the longest preserved standard gauge line in Wales and operates daily in Summer as well as weekends throughout the Winter months using a wide variety of... |
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| 7760 | Tyseley Locomotive Works | |
| 9400 | 9400 | Swindon Steam Railway Museum Swindon Steam Railway Museum STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is located at the site of the old railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway town'... |
| 9466 | Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station, in the far depths of "Metro-land", about 5 miles west of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. The site is divided into two halves which are joined by two foot-bridges, one of... |
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| 8750 | 9600 | Tyseley Locomotive Works |
| 9642 | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is a volunteer-run heritage railway on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire/Warwickshire Borders that has reopened the closed railway line between Laverton Halt and Cheltenham Racecourse railway stations in Gloucestershire/Worcestershire., it currently... |
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| 9681 | Dean Forest Railway Dean Forest Railway The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The route was part of the Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam locomotive operations in 1971, and... |
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| 9682 | Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is a heritage railway with its main station at Chinnor on the border between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England.-History:... |
In fiction
- In the Railway SeriesThe Railway SeriesThe Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in 1945. Twenty-six were written by the Rev. W. Awdry, up to 1972. A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry; 14...
of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry, the character Duck the Great Western EngineDuck the Great Western EngineDuck the Great Western Engine is a fictional steam engine from The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry and the spin-off television series Thomas and Friends. He is a green 0-6-0 pannier tank locomotive and lives and works on the Island of Sodor....
is based on a 5700 Class pannier tank. - No. 5775 is featured in the film The Railway ChildrenThe Railway Children (film)The Railway Children is a 1970 British drama film based on the novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries, and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter , Sally Thomsett and Bernard Cribbins in leading roles...
in a brown livery, with the initials of the fictitious Great Northern and Southern Railway on the tank sides. - No. 6412 starred in the 1970s children's TV series The Flockton FlyerThe Flockton FlyerThe Flockton Flyer was a children's TV series made by Southern TV for the ITV network. There were two series, each of six episodes. Series 1 was first transmitted in spring, 1977 and Series 2 followed in early 1978. Programmes were shown at 4.45 pm on Monday afternoons...
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