GWR No. 1334
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GWR No. 1334, and sister locomotives 1335 and 1336, were 2-4-0
steam locomotive
s which the Great Western Railway
inherited from the Midland and South Western Junction Railway
.
They were re-boilered by the GWR and all three survived into British Railways ownership in 1948. Numbers 1334 and 1335 were withdrawn in 1952 and number 1336 in 1954. None is preserved.
2-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels....
steam locomotive
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...
s which 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...
inherited from the Midland and South Western Junction Railway
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
The Midland and South Western Junction Railway was, until the 1923 Grouping, an independent railway built to form a north-south link between the Midland and London and South Western Railways allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton.-Formation:The M&SWJR...
.
They were re-boilered by the GWR and all three survived into British Railways ownership in 1948. Numbers 1334 and 1335 were withdrawn in 1952 and number 1336 in 1954. None is preserved.
