List of broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotive names

This is a list of the names of broad gauge

Broad gauge

Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...

railway locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

s built in the United Kingdom during the heyday of that gauge (which ended in that country by 1892 with the final triumph of standard gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

). Throughout the history of railways many locomotives have been named (just as many have been numbered, and many have borne both a name and a number), but Britain's 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...

, the prime exponent of the broad gauge, was noted for being an enthusiastic namer throughout its long existence, and perhaps less interested in numbering - although all locomotives carried numbers.

The name of the first locomotive of a batch was often the name by which the whole class was known, such as Fire Fly or Victoria.

As with other named locomotives, broad-gauge ones drew their names from a wide variety of sources. As well as the many names from Greek

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

, Roman

Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...

and other mythologies

Mythology

The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...

, locomotives were named after famous people, literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

, flora

Flora

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...

, fauna

Fauna

Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...

, town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

s, and geographical

Geography

Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...

features, as well as imagery suggestive of speed and power:

Mythology – Banshee
Banshee
The banshee , from the Irish bean sí is a feminine spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld....

, Osiris
Osiris
Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...

, Peri
Peri
In Persian mythology, which constitutes the mythology of not just Persians but all Iranian peoples, peris are descended from fallen angels who have been denied paradise until they have done penance. In earlier sources they are described as agents of evil; later, they are benevolent...

, Python
Python (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Python was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. He presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for his mother, Gaia, "Earth," Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier Krisa...

, Venus
Venus (mythology)
Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex,sexual seduction and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths...
Famous people – Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges...

, Dido, Euripides
Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...

, Iron Duke
Duke of Wellington
The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, is a hereditary title in the senior rank of the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first holder of the title was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , the noted Irish-born career British Army officer and statesman, and...

, Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
Literature – Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe is a historical fiction novel by Sir Walter Scott in 1819, and set in 12th-century England. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in Romanticism and Medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the middle ages," while...

, Mazeppa
Mazeppa (Byron)
This article is about the poem by Lord Byron, for other uses see MazeppaMazeppa is a Romantic narrative poem written by Lord Byron in 1819, based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan Mazepa , a Ukrainian gentleman who later became Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks...

, Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....

, Ulysses
Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
Flora and fauna – Bee
Bee
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...

, Hawk
Hawk
The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...

, Lily
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...

, Shamrock
Shamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....

, Zebra
Zebra
Zebras are several species of African equids united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds...
Towns – Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

, Swindon
Swindon
Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...

, Wickwar
Wickwar
Wickwar is a village in South Gloucestershire between Chipping Sodbury and Charfield. It is famous for its football club and its high street. The Wickwar brewery is a popular local producer of cask ale....

, Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor is an affluent suburban town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family....
Geography – Exe
River Exe
The River Exe in England rises near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, near the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It reaches the sea at a substantial ria, the Exe Estuary, on the south coast of Devon...

, Hecla
Hecla
Hecla may refer to:In places:* Fury and Hecla Strait, Nunavut, Canada* Hecla, Montana, USA* Hecla, South Dakota, USA* Hecla and Fury Islands, Nunavut, Canada* Hecla and Griper Bay, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada...

, Severn
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...

, Stromboli
Stromboli
Stromboli is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily. This name is a corruption of the Ancient Greek name Strongulē which was given to it...

, Yeo
River Yeo
There are several rivers called the Yeo in the West Country of England. Yeo is from a Saxon word ēa, meaning simply "river", "stream", or "water" district , but the South Somerset Yeo is derived from a Celtic word gifl, meaning 'forked river'.-Somerset:* The River Yeo , which joins the River...
Speed- and power-imagery – Comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...

, Fire Ball, Hurricane, Lightning
Lightning
Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms...

, Rocket
Rocket
A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction...

Key
This list covers the broad gauge locomotives of the following railways:

BGR - Bristol and Gloucester Railway
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
The Bristol and Gloucester Railway opened in 1844 between Bristol and Gloucester, meeting the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. It is now part of the main line from the North-East of England through Derby and Birmingham to the South-West.-History:...
CCR - Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway was a broad gauge railway from Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, to Newcastle Emlyn, Wales. Part of the route is now used by the Teifi Valley Railway and the Gwili Railway.Despite the name, the line never reached Cardigan...
GWR - 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...
LVR - Llynvi Valley Railway
NCJR - Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
The Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway was a broad gauge railway intended to link the Cornwall Railway with the horse-worked Newquay Railway. It opened a short section to Nanpean in 1869, the remainder being built by the Cornwall Minerals Railway who took over the company in 1874...
NDR - North Devon Railway
North Devon Railway
The North Devon Railway was a British railway company which operated a line from Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter, to Bideford in Devon, later becoming part of the London and South Western Railway's system...
SDR - South Devon Railway
South Devon Railway
South Devon Railway could mean:* South Devon Railway Company - the company that built the railway from Exeter to Plymouth* South Devon Railway Trust - the heritage railway from Totnes to BuckfastleighOther heritage railways in South Devon include:...
SWMR - South Wales Mineral Railway
S&WR - Severn and Wye Railway
Severn and Wye Railway
The Severn and Wye Railway was a small railway network in west Gloucestershire that was constructed to allow exploitation of the mineral resources of the Forest of Dean. The Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company began construction of the tramway and the Lydney Canal in 1810. In 1868 the tramway...
TBR - Torbay and Brixham Railway
Torbay and Brixham Railway
The Torbay and Brixham Railway was a broad gauge railway which linked the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway at Churston railway station, Devon with the important fishing port of Brixham...
WCR - West Cornwall Railway
West Cornwall Railway
The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, formed in 1846 to operate the existing Hayle Railway between Hayle and Redruth and extend the railway to Penzance and Truro....

A

Abbot (Literature: The Abbot
The Abbot
The Abbot is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. A sequel to The Monastery, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary, Queen of Scots...

)

GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

The Great Western Railway Waverley Class were 4-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.The class was introduced into service between February and June 1855, and withdrawn between February 1872 and November 1876...

(1855 - 1876)

Abdul Medjid (Famous personality: Abdul Medjid of Turkey)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1877)

Acheron (Greek mythology: Acheron
Acheron
The Acheron is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It flows into the Ionian Sea in Ammoudia, near Parga.-In mythology:...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

The Firefly was a class of broad gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. The class was introduced into service between March 1840 and December 1842, and withdrawn between December 1863 and July 1879....

(1842 - 1866)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1887)

Achilles (Greek mythology: Achilles
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 -1867)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1873 - 1892)

Actaeon (Greek mythology: Actaeon
Actaeon
Actaeon , in Greek mythology, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero. Like Achilles in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron....

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1868)

LVR and SDR 0-6-0ST (1862 - 1884)

Aeolus (Greek mythology: Aeolus
Aeolus
Aeolus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which...

)

GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2

GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives

The first 19 locomotives ordered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway included six 2-2-2 Charles Tayleur locomotives. They were built by Charles Tayleur at his Vulcan Foundry but were unsuccessful and rapidly supplemented by the Star Class locomotives ordered by Daniel Gooch...

(1837 - 1867)

Ajax (Greek mythology: Ajax
Ajax (mythology)
Ajax or Aias was a mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis. He plays an important role in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War. To distinguish him from Ajax, son of Oileus , he is called "Telamonian Ajax," "Greater...

)

GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2

GWR Mather, Dixon locomotives

The first 19 locomotives ordered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway included six 2-2-2 Mather, Dixon locomotives. They were built by Mather, Dixon and Company unsuccessful and rapidly replaced by the Star Class locomotives ordered by Daniel Gooch once he had been appointed as...

(1838 - 1840)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

The Great Western Railway Premier Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between February 1846 and May 1847, and withdrawn between March 1866 and June 1872....

(1846 - 1871)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1860 - 1884)

Alexander (Famous personality: Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1878)

Aligator (Powerful animal: Alligator
Alligator
An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two extant alligator species: the American alligator and the Chinese alligator ....

)

GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0

GWR Pyracmon Class

The Great Western Railway Pyracmon Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between November 1847 and April 1848, and withdrawn between August 1871 and December 1873...

(1848 - 1873)

Alma (British battle: Battle of Alma
Battle of Alma
The Battle of the Alma , which is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War , took place just south of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under General St...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1854 - 1872)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892)

Amazon (Mythical peoples: Amazons
Amazons
The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1851 - 1877)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892)

Amphion (Greek mythology: Amphion
Amphion
There are several characters named Amphion in Greek mythology:* Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope, and twin brother of Zethus . Together they are famous for building Thebes. Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children at the hands of Apollo and Artemis...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

The Great Western Railway Ariadne Class and Caliph class were broad gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for goods train work by Daniel Gooch and often referred to as his Standard Goods locomotives....

(1856 - 1877)

Antelope (Fast animal: Antelope
Antelope
Antelope is a term referring to many even-toed ungulate species indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelopes comprise a miscellaneous group within the family Bovidae, encompassing those old-world species that are neither cattle, sheep, buffalo, bison, nor goats...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

The Great Western Railway Sun Class 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service between April 1840 and January 1842, and withdrawn between January 1864 and June 1879....

(1841 - 1870)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1884)

Antiquary (Literature: The Antiquary
The Antiquary
The Antiquary is a novel by Sir Walter Scott about several characters including an antiquary: an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. Although he is the eponymous character, he is not necessarily the hero, as many of the characters around him undergo far...

)

GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1876)

Apollo (Greek mythology: Apollo
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...

)

GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2

GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives

(1838 - 1867)

Aquarius (Zodiac: Aquarius)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

The Great Western Railway Leo Class 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between January 1841 and July 1842, and withdrawn between September 1864 and June 1874....

(1842 - 1870)

Arab (Classical peoples: Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1870)

Ariadne (Greek mythology: Ariadne
Ariadne
Ariadne , in Greek mythology, was the daughter of King Minos of Crete, and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan. She aided Theseus in overcoming the Minotaur and was the bride of the god Dionysus.-Minos and Theseus:...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1852 - 1879)

Ariel (Biblical: Ariel
Ariel (angel)
Ariel is an archangel found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha. Generally presented as an authority over the Earth and its elements, Ariel has also been called an angel of healing, wrath & creation....

)

GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2

GWR Mather, Dixon locomotives

(1838 - 1840)

Aries (Zodiac: Aries
Aries (astrology)
Aries is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the zero degree and the 29th degree of celestial longitude. The Sun enters Aries when it reaches the northern vernal equinox, which is usually on March 21 each year, and remains in this sign until around April 20...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1871)

Argo (Greek mythology: Argo
Argo
In Greek mythology, the Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to retrieve the Golden Fleece. It was named after its builder, Argus.-Legend:...

)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1846 - 1855)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1863 - 1892)

Argus (Greek mythology: see Argo
Argo
In Greek mythology, the Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to retrieve the Golden Fleece. It was named after its builder, Argus.-Legend:...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1873)

Arrow (Speed: Arrow
Arrow
An arrow is a shafted projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.An arrow usually consists of a shaft with an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletchings and a nock at the other.- History:...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1864)

Assagais

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1875)

Atlas (Greek mythology: Atlas
Atlas (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Atlas was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens. Although associated with various places, he became commonly identified with the Atlas Mountains in north-west Africa...

)

GWR Sharp, Roberts 2-2-2

GWR Sharp, Roberts locomotives

The first 19 locomotives ordered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway included three 2-2-2 Sharp, Roberts locomotives. They were built by Sharp, Roberts and Company and the most successful of the early designs, two lasting until the 1870s....

(1838 - 1872)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1863 - 1885)

Aurora (Greek mythology: Aurora
Aurora (mythology)
Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry.Like Greek Eos and Rigvedic Ushas , Aurora continues the name of an earlier Indo-European dawn goddess, *Hausos....

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1840 - 1866)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

The Comet class were 12 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required....

(1852 - 1878)

Avalanche (Power: Avalanche
Avalanche
An avalanche is a sudden rapid flow of snow down a slope, occurring when either natural triggers or human activity causes a critical escalating transition from the slow equilibrium evolution of the snow pack. Typically occurring in mountainous terrain, an avalanche can mix air and water with the...

)

GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST

GWR Banking Class

The Banking Class were five 0-6-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives for assisting trains up inclines on the Great Western Railway. Designed by Daniel Gooch, they were tank engine versions of his Standard Goods class, and mainly built at Swindon Works....

(1846 - 1865)

Avon (Geography: River Avon
River Avon
River Avon is the name of many rivers:-England:*River Avon *River Avon *River Avon *River Avon *Avon Water -Scotland:*River Avon *River Avon...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1877)

Avonside (Engineer: see Avonside Engine Company
Avonside Engine Company
The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934. However the business originated with an earlier enterprise Henry Stothert and Company.-Origins:...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(c.1865 - 1892)

Azalia (Flower: Azalea
Azalea
Azaleas are flowering shrubs comprising two of the eight subgenera of the genus Rhododendron, Pentanthera and Tsutsuji . Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers often lasting several weeks...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

The Great Western Railway Metropolitan Class 2-4-0T broad gauge steam locomotives with condensing apparatus for working trains on the Metropolitan Railway. This equipment was later removed, though the class continued to work suburban trains on GWR lines in London...

(1864 - 1872)

B

Bacchus (Roman mythology: Bacchus
Dionysus
Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...

)

GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2

GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives

(1837 - 1842)

Balaklava (British battle: Battle of Balaklava)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1854 - 1871)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1871 - 1892)

Banshee (Irish mythology: Banshee
Banshee
The banshee , from the Irish bean sí is a feminine spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1879)

Barum

NDR 2-2-2- (1855 - 1870)

Bath (Geography: Bath)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

The Great Western Railway Swindon Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between November 1865 and March 1866, and withdrawn between June 1887 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892...

(1866 - 1874)

Bee (Insect: Bee
Bee
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1874)

Behemoth (Biblical: Behemoth
Behemoth
Behemoth is a mythological beast mentioned in the Book of Job, 40:15-24. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity.-Plural as singular:...

)

GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0

GWR Pyracmon Class

(1848 - 1873)

Bellerophon (Greek mythology: Bellerophon
Bellerophon
Bellerophon or Bellerophontes is a hero of Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles", and his greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a...

)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1846 - 1870)

Bellona (Roman mythology: Bellona
Bellona
-Places:United States of America*Bellona Foundry and adjacent Bellona Arsenal, 19th century United States Army and Confederate munitions factory and depot in VirginiaItaly*Bellona, Campania, a comune in the Province of CasertaSolomon Islands...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1870)

Bergion

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1847 - 1870)

Berkeley (Geography: Berkeley
Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Berkeley is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway within the Stroud administrative district. The town is noted for Berkeley Castle where the imprisoned Edward II was murdered.- Geography...

)

BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1856)

Bey (Leader of people: Bey
Bey
Bey is a title for chieftain, traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups. Accoding to some sources, the word "Bey" is of Turkish language In historical accounts, many Turkish, other Turkic and Persian leaders are titled Bey, Beg, Bek, Bay, Baig or Beigh. They are all the same word...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1872)

Beyer (Famous engineer: Charles Beyer
Charles Beyer
Charles Frederick Beyer was a German-British locomotive engineer, co-founder of the firm Beyer-Peacock.-Early life:...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1887)

Birmingham (Geography: Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1873)

Bithon

GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST

GWR Banking Class

(1854 - 1871)

Blenkensop (Famous engineer: John Blenkinsop
John Blenkinsop
John Blenkinsop was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive....

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1892)

Boyne (Geography: River Boyne
River Boyne
The River Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newbury Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington, County Meath and Baltray, County Louth. Salmon...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1872)

Briarcus

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1847 - 1870)

Brigand

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

The Great Western Railway Bogie Class 4-4-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. The first two locomotives of this class were introduced into service in August/September 1849, with the remainder following between June 1854 and March 1855...

(1849 - 1873)

Bright Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

The Great Western Railway Star Class of 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives were used for passenger train work. Designed by Robert Stephenson, the class was introduced into service between November 1838 and November 1841, and withdrawn between April 1864 and September 1871.A total of twelve Star...

(1841 - 1864)

Brindley (Famous engineer: James Brindley
James Brindley
James Brindley was an English engineer. He was born in Tunstead, Derbyshire, and lived much of his life in Leek, Staffordshire, becoming one of the most notable engineers of the 18th century.-Early life:...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1879)

Bristol (Geography: Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

)

BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1855)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1865 - 1873)

Brontes (Greek mythology: Brontes
Brontes
Brontes may refer to:* Brontes, a cyclops of Greek mythology, whose name means 'thunder.'* Brontë family; notably:** Charlotte Brontë** Emily Brontë** Anne Brontë....

)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1847 - 1872)

Brunel (Famous engineer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1879)

Brutus (Roman personality: Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus , often referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic. After being adopted by his uncle he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, but eventually returned to using his original name...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1874)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1862 - 1884)

Buffalo (Animal: Buffalo
Bison
Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1865)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1872 - 1892)

Bulkeley

GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T

GWR Sir Watkin Class

The Great Western Railway Sir Watkin Class were 0-6-0T broad gauge steam locomotives with side tanks. They were designed for working goods trains through to the underground Metropolitan Railway in London. This class was introduced into service between December 1865 and the last was withdrawn at the...

(1865 - 1872)

SDR 0-6-0ST

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1872 - 1890)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892)

Bury (Famous engineer: Edward Bury
Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy
Bury, Curtis and Kennedy was a steam locomotive manufacturer in Liverpool, England.Edward Bury set up his works in 1826, under the name of Edward Bury and Company. He employed James Kennedy, who had gained experience of locomotive production under Robert Stephenson and Mather, Dixon and Company,...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0

GWR Pyracmon Class

(1848 - 1873)

C

Caesar (leader of people: Caesar
Caesar (title)
Caesar is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator...

)

GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

The Great Western Railway Caesar Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives. They were designed by Daniel Gooch for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between June 1851 and February 1852, and withdrawn between June 1871 and June 1880....

(1851 - 1880)

Caliban (Shakespear character: Caliban
Caliban
Caliban is a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.Caliban may also refer to:* Caliban , a moon of Uranus* Caliban , a metalcore band from Germany* Caliban , an acoustic Celtic folk duo...

)

GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0

GWR Pyracmon Class

(1848 - 1873)

Caliph (Leadrer of people: Caliph
Caliph
The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word which means "successor" or "representative"...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1878)

Cambyses (Leader of people: Cambyses
Cambyses
Cambyses can refer to two ancient rulers and two plays:-*Cambyses I, King of Anshan 600 to 559 BCE*Cambyses II, King of Persia 530 to 522 BCE*Cambyses, a tragedy by Thomas Preston...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1877)

Camel (Animal: Camel
Camel
A camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as humps on its back. There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the bactrian has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia,...

)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1872 - 1892)

Camelia (Flower: Camelia
Camelia
-Awards:* Anugerah Industri Muzik 1998** Best New Artist**Best Vocal Performance in an Album for "Camelia"-Personal life:She was married to Mohd Ehsan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce until their divorce in 1999. She then married a prominent local developer who is a Datuk in 2010. This makes her formal...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1863 - 1876)

Cancer (Zodiac: Cancer
Cancer (astrology)
Cancer is the fourth astrological sign in the Zodiac. It is considered a water sign and one of four cardinal signs. Cancer is ruled by the Moon. Individuals born when the Sun is in this sign are considered Cancerian individuals...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1874)

Capricornus (Zodiac: Capricorn
Capricornus
Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac; it is often called Capricorn, especially when referring to the corresponding astrological sign. Its name is Latin for "horned male goat" or "goat horn", and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea-goat: a mythical creature that is half...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1842 - 1870)

Castor (Greek mythology: Castor and Pollux
Castor and Pollux
In Greek and Roman mythology, Castor and Pollux or Polydeuces were twin brothers, together known as the Dioscuri . Their mother was Leda, but Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and Pollux the divine son of Zeus, who visited Leda in the guise of a swan...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1874)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1865 - 1882)

Cato (Roman personality: Cato
Cato the Elder
Marcus Porcius Cato was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius , Sapiens , Priscus , or Major, Cato the Elder, or Cato the Censor, to distinguish him from his great-grandson, Cato the Younger.He came of an ancient Plebeian family who all were noted for some...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1871)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1863 - 1877)

Centaur (Greek mythology: Centaur
Centaur
In Greek mythology, a centaur or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1867)

Cerebus (Greek mythology: Cerebus)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1866)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Ceres (Roman mythology: Ceres)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1877)

Champion (Power: Champion
Champion
A champion is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1862 - 1878)

Charon (Greek mythology: Charon
Charon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. A coin to pay Charon for passage, usually an obolus or danake, was sometimes placed in or on...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1878)

Cheltenham (Geography: Cheltenham
Cheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...

)

BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1856)

Chester (Geography: Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1873)

Chronus (Greek mythology: Chronos
Chronos
In Greek mythology, Chronos in pre-Socratic philosophical works is said to be the personification of time. His name in Greek means "time" and is alternatively spelled Chronus or Khronos.Chronos was imagined as an incorporeal god, serpentine in form, with three heads—those of a man, a bull, and...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1878)

Cicero (Roman personality: Cicero
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1871)

Clyde (Geography: River Clyde
River Clyde
The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1858 - 1872)

Coeur de Lion (Literary: see The Waverley Novels)

GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1876)

Comet (Speed: Comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1840 - 1871)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1851 - 1884)

Coquette

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1875)

Cornwall (Geography: Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

)

NCJR 0-6-0T

Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway

The Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway was a broad gauge railway intended to link the Cornwall Railway with the horse-worked Newquay Railway. It opened a short section to Nanpean in 1869, the remainder being built by the Cornwall Minerals Railway who took over the company in 1874...

Corsair

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1849 - 1873)

Cossack (Classical peoples: Cossack
Cossack
Cossacks are a group of predominantly East Slavic people who originally were members of democratic, semi-military communities in what is today Ukraine and Southern Russia inhabiting sparsely populated areas and islands in the lower Dnieper and Don basins and who played an important role in the...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1862 - 1880)

Courier (Speed: Courier
Courier
A courier is a person or a company who delivers messages, packages, and mail. Couriers are distinguished from ordinary mail services by features such as speed, security, tracking, signature, specialization and individualization of express services, and swift delivery times, which are optional for...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1877)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892)

Creedy (Geography: River Creedy
River Creedy
The River Creedy is a small river in Devon, England. It gives its name to the local town or ton of Crediton, which is on its west bank. Just below the town, the river merges with the River Yeo and it ends where it meets the River Exe at Cowley Bridge....

)

NDR 2-4-0 (1855 - 1877)

Creese

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1842 - 1866)

Creon (Greek mythology: Creon
Creon
Creon is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. He had two children with his wife, Eurydice: Megareus and Haemon...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1856 - 1872)

Crimea (British battles: Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1876)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892)

Crow (Bird: Crow
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...

)

SDR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892)

Cupid (Roman mythology: Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche , is a legend that first appeared as a digressionary story told by an old woman in Lucius Apuleius' novel, The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century CE. Apuleius likely used an earlier tale as the basis for his story, modifying it to suit the thematic needs of his novel.It has...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1874)

Cyclops (Greek mythology: Cyclops
Cyclops
A cyclops , in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1865)

Cyprus (Greek mythology: birthplace of Aphrodite
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1878)

Czar (Leader of people: Czar)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1871)

D

Damon (Greek mythology: Damon and Pythias
Damon and Pythias
In Greek mythology, the legend of Damon and Pythias symbolizes trust and loyalty in a true friendship.- Greek legend :As told by Aristoxenus, and after him Cicero , Diodorus Siculus , and others, around the 4th century BC, Pythias and his friend Damon, both followers of the philosopher...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 11870)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1852 - 1876)

Dart (Speed: Dart; Geography: River Dart
River Dart
The River Dart is a river in Devon, England which rises high on Dartmoor, and releases to the sea at Dartmouth. Its valley and surrounding area is a place of great natural beauty.-Watercourse:...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1870)

NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - 1867)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1863 - 1885)

NDR 2-2-2 (1868 - 1877)

Defiance

BGR / NDR 0-6-0 (1844 - 1867)

Dewrance

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1892)

Diana (Greek mythology: Diana
Diana (mythology)
In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt and moon and birthing, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1877)

Dido (Classical ruler: Dido)

GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

(1851 - 1872)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1860 - 1877)

Djerid

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1870)

Dog Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1839 -1869)

Dragon (Mythological animal: Dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1872)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1873 - 1892)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892)

Dreadnought

BGR / NDR 0-6-0 (1844 - 1863)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1846 - 1871)

Dromedary (Animal: Dromedary
Dromedary
The dromedary or Arabian camel is a large, even-toed ungulate with one hump on its back. Its native range is unclear, but it was probably the Arabian Peninsula. The domesticated form occurs widely in North Africa and the Middle East...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1866)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1873 - 1892)

Druid (Classical peoples: Druid
Druid
A druid was a member of the priestly class in Britain, Ireland, and Gaul, and possibly other parts of Celtic western Europe, during the Iron Age....

)

GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

(1851 - 1879)

E

Eagle (Bird: Eagle
Eagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...

)

GWR Sharp, Roberts 2-2-2

GWR Sharp, Roberts locomotives

(1838 - 1871)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1876)

Eclipse

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1840 - 1864)

Electra (Greek mythology: Electra
Electra
In Greek mythology, Electra was an Argive princess and daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. She and her brother Orestes plotted revenge against their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for the murder of their father Agamemnon...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1867)

Elephant (Animal: Elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1870)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1872 - 1892)

Elk (Animal: Elk
Moose
The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration...

)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1877)

Emperor (Leader of people: Emperor
Emperor
An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1873)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1873 - 1892)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892)

Erebus (Greek mythology: Erebus
Erebus
In Greek mythology, Erebus , also Erebos , was often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness; for instance, Hesiod's Theogony places him as the first five beings to come into existence from Chaos...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1873)

Esk (Geography: River Esk
River Esk, Cumbria
The River Esk is a river in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is one of two River Esks in Cumbria, and not to be confused with the River Esk which flows on the Scottish side of the border....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1880)

Estaffette

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1884)

Ethon (Greek mythology: Ethon)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1863 - 1883)

Etna (Geography: Etna)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1870)

CCR and SDR 4-4-0ST (1864 - 1892)

Eupatoria (British battle: Eupatoria
Eupatoria
Yevpatoria or Eupatoria is a city in Crimea, Ukraine.-History:The first recorded settlement in the area, called Kerkinitis , was built by Greek colonists around 500 BC...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1876)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892)

Euripides (Greek personality: Euripides
Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1855 - 1871)

Europa (Greek mythology: Europa
Europa (mythology)
In Greek mythology Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. The name Europa occurs in Hesiod's long list of daughters of primordial Oceanus and Tethys...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1892)

Evening Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1839 - 1871)

Exe (Geography: River Exe
River Exe
The River Exe in England rises near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, near the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It reaches the sea at a substantial ria, the Exe Estuary, on the south coast of Devon...

)

GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2

GWR Haigh Foundry locomotives

The first 19 locomotives ordered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway included two unusual Haigh Foundry locomotives.Snake and Viper were built at the Haigh Foundry in 1838 with 14¾in dia × 18in cylinders and the driving wheels geared 2:3 in order to keep the cylinder...

(1846 - 1851?)

NDR 2-2-2 (1856 - 1870)

F

Falcon (Bird: Falcon
Falcon
A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 -1867)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1852 - 1878)

Fenton (Famous engineer: James Fenton
Fenton, Murray and Jackson
Fenton, Murray and Jackson was an engineering company at the Round Foundry off Water Lane in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Fenton, Murray and Wood:...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1892)

Fire Ball (Power: Fireball)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1866)

Fire Brand (Power: Firebrand
Firebrand
The word Firebrand has several uses:* A piece of burning wood * A person with a penchant for militancy in speech and/or action-Vehicles:*Blackburn Firebrand, an aircraft constructed for the Royal Navy...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1866)

Fire Fly (Insect: Firefly
Firefly
Lampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1870)

Fire Fly replica 2-2-2 (Built 2005)

Fire King

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1875)

Fleur-de-Lis (Flower: Fleur-de-Lis
Fleur-de-Lis
Fleur-de-Lis is a fictional character, a comic book secret agent published by DC Comics. She debuted in Infinity, Inc. #34 , and was created by Len Wein, Randy Lofficier and Ross Andru.-Fictional character biography:...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1863 - 1872)

Flirt

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1852 - 1874)

Flora (Roman mythology: Flora
Flora (mythology)
In Roman mythology, Flora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring. While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1872)

Florence (Geography: Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

)

GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

(1851 - 1874)

Forth (Geography: River Forth
River Forth
The River Forth , long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.The Forth rises in Loch Ard in the Trossachs, a mountainous area some west of Stirling...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1858 - 1878)

Forrester

S&WR 0-6-0T

Severn and Wye Railway

The Severn and Wye Railway was a small railway network in west Gloucestershire that was constructed to allow exploitation of the mineral resources of the Forest of Dean. The Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company began construction of the tramway and the Lydney Canal in 1810. In 1868 the tramway...

(1868? - 1872)

Foster (Famous engineer: James Foster
Foster, Rastrick and Company
Foster, Rastrick and Company was one of the pioneering steam locomotive manufacturing companies of England. It was based in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, now West Midlands....

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1876)

Fowler (Famous engineer: John Fowler
John Fowler (engineer)
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet KCMG LLD was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was engineer for the world's first underground railway, London's Metropolitan Railway, built by the "cut-and-cover" method under...

)

GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1866 - 1872)

SDR 0-6-0ST

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1872 - 1887)

Friar Tuck:

S&WR 0-6-0T

Severn and Wye Railway

(1870 - 1872)

Fulton (Famous engineer: Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1876)

Fury (Roman mythology: Furies)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1846 - 1871)

G

Ganymede (Greek mythology: Ganymede
Ganymede (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Ganymede is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals. In the best-known myth, he is abducted by Zeus, in the form of an eagle, to serve as cup-bearer in Olympus. Some interpretations of the myth treat it as an allegory of...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1878)

Gazelle (Fast animal: Gazelle
Gazelle
A gazelle is any of many antelope species in the genus Gazella, or formerly considered to belong to it. Six species are included in two genera, Eudorcas and Nanger, which were formerly considered subgenera...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1879)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1865)

Gemini (Zodiac: Gemini
Gemini (astrology)
Gemini is the third astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the Zodiac between the 60th and 89th degree of celestial longitude. Generally, the Sun transits this area of the zodiac between May 21 to June 20 each year...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1866)

Geryon (Greek mythology: Geryon
Geryon
In Greek mythology, Geryon , son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe and grandson of Medusa, was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean. A more literal-minded later generation of Greeks associated the region with Tartessos in southern...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1876)

Giaour (Literature: The Giaour
The Giaour
"The Giaour" is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. "The Giaour" proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically and commercially.-Background:...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1852 - 1880)

Giraffe (Animal: Giraffe
Giraffe
The giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1872)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1877)

Gladiator (Power: Gladiator
Gladiator
A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1877)

Gloucester (Geography: Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

)

BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1855)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1873)

Glyncorrwg (Geography: Glyncorrwg
Glyncorrwg
Glyncorrwg is a village in Britain. It is set in the Afan Valley, in south Wales.Glyncorrwg is also the name of an electoral ward and a community covering the village and surrounding countryside, in Neath Port Talbot county borough.- History :...

)

SWMR 0-4-2ST (1864 - 1872)

Gnat (Insect: Gnat
Gnat
A gnat is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the Dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae.In British English the term applies particularly to Nematocerans of the family Culicidae...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1874)

Goat (Animal: Goat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...

)

SDR Owl class 0-4-0WT (1873 - 1893)

Goliah (Biblical: Goliath
Goliath (Bible)
Goliath , جليات Ǧulyāt ) known also as Goliath of Gath is a figure in the Hebrew Bible . Described as a giant Philistine warrior, he is famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel...

)

GWR Hercules class 0-6-0

GWR Hercules Class

The Hercules Class were four broad gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway. They were the first 0-6-0 locomotives, being built in 1842 by Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company...

(1842 - 1871)

SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Tornado class

The four Tornado class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required....

(1855 - 1885)

Gooch (Famous engineer: Daniel Gooch
Daniel Gooch
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet was an English railway and transatlantic cable engineer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1892)

Gorgon (Greek mythology: Gorgon
Gorgon
In Greek mythology, the Gorgon was a terrifying female creature. The name derives from the Greek word gorgós, which means "dreadful." While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1878)

SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Gorgon class

The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1866 - 1892)

Great Britain (Geography: Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1880)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892)

Great Western (Railway: 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...

)

GWR 2-2-2 (1846)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1846 - 1870)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1888 - 1892)

Greyhound (Fast animal: Greyhound
Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1866)

Gyfeillon

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1856 - 1879)

H

Hackworth (Famous engineer: Timothy Hackworth
Timothy Hackworth
Timothy Hackworth was a steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.- Youth and early work :...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1892)

Hades (Greek mythology: Hades
Hades
Hades , Hadēs, originally , Haidēs or , Aidēs , meaning "the unseen") was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. The genitive , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative came to designate the abode of the dead.In Greek mythology, Hades...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1878)

Harpy (Greek mythology: Harpy
Harpy
In Greek mythology, a harpy was one of the winged spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841- 1873)

Hawk (Bird: Hawk
Hawk
The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1865)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1886)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1892)

Hawthorn (Famous engineer: see Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Hawthorn Leslie and Company
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer. The Company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.-History:...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1876)

Hebe (Greek mythology: Hebe
Hebe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hēbē is the goddess of youth . She is the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hebe was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, until she was married to Heracles ; her successor was the young Trojan prince Ganymede...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1852 - 1877)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1860 - 1877)

Hecate (Greek mythology: Hecate
Hecate
Hecate or Hekate is a chthonic Greco-Roman goddess associated with magic, witchcraft, necromancy, and crossroads.She is attested in poetry as early as Hesiod's Theogony...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1867)

Hecla (Geography: Hecla
Hecla
Hecla may refer to:In places:* Fury and Hecla Strait, Nunavut, Canada* Hecla, Montana, USA* Hecla, South Dakota, USA* Hecla and Fury Islands, Nunavut, Canada* Hecla and Griper Bay, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, Canada...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1864)

CCR and SDR 4-4-0ST (1864 - 1892)

Hector (Greek mythology: Hector
Hector
In Greek mythology, Hectōr , or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. As the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, a descendant of Dardanus, who lived under Mount Ida, and of Tros, the founder of Troy, he was a prince of the royal house and the...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1866)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1860 - 1892)

Hecuba (Greek mythology: Hecuba
Hecuba
Hecuba was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, with whom she had 19 children. These children included several major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris, and the prophetess Cassandra...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1873)

Hedley (Famous engineer: William Hedley
William Hedley
William Hedley was one of the leading industrial engineers of the early 19th century, and was very instrumental in several major innovations in early railway development...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Hercules (Roman mythology: Hercules
Hercules
Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene...

)

GWR Hercules class 0-6-0

GWR Hercules Class

The Hercules Class were four broad gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway. They were the first 0-6-0 locomotives, being built in 1842 by Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company...

(1842 - 1870)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1872 - 1889)

Hereford (Geography: Hereford
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1872)

Hero (Mythology: Hero
Hero
A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...

)

GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

(1851 - 1871)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1860 - 1887)

Heron (Bird: Heron
Heron
The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....

)

CCR and SDR 4-4-0T (1861 - 1872)

SDR 4-4-0ST (1872 - 1892)

Hesiod (Greek personality: Hesiod
Hesiod
Hesiod was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1855 - 1872)

Hesperus (Roman mythology: Hesperus
Hesperus
In Greek mythology, Hesperus is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is the son of the dawn goddess Eos and is the brother of Eosphorus , the Morning Star. Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1876)

Hirondelle (Bird: French for Swallow
Swallow
The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1873)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1873 - 1890)

Homer (Greek personality: Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1873)

Horace (Roman personality: Horace
Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.-Life:...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1880)

Hornet (Insect: Hornet
Hornet
Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps; some species can reach up to in length. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa and are distinguished from other vespines by the width of the vertex , which is proportionally larger in Vespa and by the anteriorly rounded gasters .- Life cycle :In...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1873)

Humber (Geography: River Humber
Humber
The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal River Ouse and the tidal River Trent. From here to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1883)

Hurricane (Power: Hurricane)

GWR Harrison 0-4-0+6

GWR Hurricane locomotive

Hurricane was the second of a pair of locomotives built for the Great Western Railway by R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. whose design was very different from other steam locomotives...

(1838 - 1839)

Hydra (Greek mythology: Lernaean Hydra
Lernaean Hydra
In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra was an ancient nameless serpent-like chthonic water beast, with reptilian traits, that possessed many heads — the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint, and for each head cut off it grew two more — and poisonous breath so virulent even...

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GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1865)

I

Iago (Literature: Iago
Iago
Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello . The character's source is traced to Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi . There, the character is simply "the ensign". Iago is a soldier and Othello's ancient . He is the husband of Emilia,...

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GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST

GWR Banking Class

(1852 - 1881)

Industry

BGR 2-4-0 (1844 - 1856)

Inkermann (British Battle of Inkermann)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1877)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892)

Iris (Greek mythology: Iris
Iris (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. As the sun unites Earth and heaven, Iris links the gods to humanity...

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GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1874)

Iron Duke (Famous personality: see Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington
The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, is a hereditary title in the senior rank of the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first holder of the title was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , the noted Irish-born career British Army officer and statesman, and...

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GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1871)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1873- 1892)

Iron Duke replica 4-2-2 (Built 1985)

Ivanhoe (Literature: Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe is a historical fiction novel by Sir Walter Scott in 1819, and set in 12th-century England. Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in Romanticism and Medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the middle ages," while...

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GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1876)

Ixion (Greek mythology: Ixion
Ixion
In Greek mythology, Ixion was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery". Peirithoös was his son...

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GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1879)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1853 - 1878)

J

Janus (Greek mythology: Janus
Janus (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. He is usually a two-faced god since he looks to the future and the past...

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GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1880)

Jason (Greek mythology: Jason
Jason
Jason was a late ancient Greek mythological hero from the late 10th Century BC, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus...

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GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1847 - 1870)

Javelin

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1870)

Jay (Bird: Jay
Jay
The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex...

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SDR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1875 - 1892)

John Gray

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1876)

Juno (Roman mythology Juno
Juno (mythology)
Juno is an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Mars and Vulcan. Juno also looked after the women of Rome. Her Greek equivalent is Hera...

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GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST

GWR Banking Class

(1852 - 1872)

SDR Dido class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Dido class

The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...

(1864 - 1884)

Jupiter (Roman mythology: Jupiter
Jupiter (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter or Jove is the king of the gods, and the god of the sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon....

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GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1867)

Juvenal (Roman personality: Juvenal
Juvenal
The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD.Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a...

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GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1873)

K

Kaiser (Leader of people: Kaiser
Kaiser
Kaiser is the German title meaning "Emperor", with Kaiserin being the female equivalent, "Empress". Like the Russian Czar it is directly derived from the Latin Emperors' title of Caesar, which in turn is derived from the personal name of a branch of the gens Julia, to which Gaius Julius Caesar,...

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GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1872)

Kertch (British battle: Kertch)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 0 1872)

Khan (Leader of people: Khan
Khan (title)
Khan is an originally Altaic and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turko-Mongol tribes living to the north of China. 'Khan' is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283 and 289...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1872)

King

SDR 2-4-0T (1871 - 1878)

L

Lagoon

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1876)

Lalla Rookh (Literary: Lalla-Rookh
Lalla-Rookh
Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the daughter of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb...

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GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1872)

Lance (Speed: Lance
Lance
A Lance is a pole weapon or spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior. The lance is longer, stout and heavier than an infantry spear, and unsuited for throwing, or for rapid thrusting. Lances did not have tips designed to intentionally break off or bend, unlike many throwing weapons of the...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1870)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1851 - 1873)

SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Leopard class

The Leopard class were four 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge designed for passenger trains but were also used on goods trains when required. They were built by the Avonside Engine Company for the South Devon Railway, but also operated on its associated railways...

(1875 - 1892)

Lark (Bird: Lark
Lark
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, and in northern and eastern Australia; only one, the Shore Lark, has spread to North America, where it is called the Horned Lark...

)

SDR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892)

Laurel (Tree: Bay Laurel
Bay Laurel
The bay laurel , also known as sweet bay, bay tree, true laurel, Grecian laurel, laurel tree, or simply laurel, is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glossy leaves, native to the Mediterranean region. It is the source of the bay leaf used in cooking...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1864 - 1872)

Leander (Greek mythology: Hero and Leander
Hero and Leander
Hero and Leander is a Byzantine myth, relating the story of Hērō and like "hero" in English), a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Dardanelles, and Leander , a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1852 - 1875)

Leo (Zodiac: Leo
Leo (astrology)
Leo is the fifth astrological sign of the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Leo. In astrology, Leo is considered to be a "masculine", positive sign. It is also considered a fire sign and is one of four fixed signs ruled by the Sun.Individuals born when the Sun is in this sign are...

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GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1870)

Leonidas (Classical ruler: Leonidas I
Leonidas I
Leonidas I was a hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas II of Sparta, who was believed in mythology to be a descendant of Heracles, possessing much of the latter's strength and bravery...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1863 - 1881)

Leopard (Fast animal: Leopard
Leopard
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1878)

SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Leopard class

(1872 - 1893)

Leopold (Famous personality: Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1877)

Lethe (Greek mythology: Lethe
Lethe
In Greek mythology, Lethe was one of the five rivers of Hades. Also known as the Ameles potamos , the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld, where all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1878)

Libra (Zodiac: Libra
Libra (astrology)
Libra is the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Libra. In astrology, Libra is considered a "masculine", positive sign. It is also considered an air sign and is one of four cardinal signs...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1871)

Liffey (Geography: River Liffey
River Liffey
The Liffey is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities.-Name:The river was previously named An Ruirthech,...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1872)

Lightning (Speed: Lightning
Lightning
Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms...

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GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1878)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1878 - 1892)

Lily (Flower: Lily
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1864 - 1872)

Lion (Powerful animal: Lion
Lion
The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...

)

GWR Sharp, Roberts 2-2-2

GWR Sharp, Roberts locomotives

(1838 - 1847)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1883)

Load Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1841 - 1870)

Locke (Famous engineer: Joseph Locke
Joseph Locke
Joseph Locke was a notable English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway projects...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1881)

Locust (Insect: Locust
Locust
Locusts are the swarming phase of short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae. These are species that can breed rapidly under suitable conditions and subsequently become gregarious and migratory...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1876)

London (Geography: London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1865 - 1873)

Lord of the Isles (Leader of people: Lord of the Isles
Lord of the Isles
The designation Lord of the Isles is today a title of Scottish nobility with historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland. It emerged from a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1851 - 1884)

Lucan (Roman personality: Lucan)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1855 - 1872)

Lucifer (Roman mythology: Lucifer
Lucifer
Traditionally, Lucifer is a name that in English generally refers to the devil or Satan before being cast from Heaven, although this is not the original meaning of the term. In Latin, from which the English word is derived, Lucifer means "light-bearer"...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1870)

Lucretius (Roman personality: Lucretius
Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is an epic philosophical poem laying out the beliefs of Epicureanism, De rerum natura, translated into English as On the Nature of Things or "On the Nature of the Universe".Virtually no details have come down concerning...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1872)

Luna (Roman mythology: Luna
Selene
In Greek mythology, Selene was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. In Roman mythology, the moon goddess is called Luna, Latin for "moon"....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1863 - 1880)

Lynx (Fast animal: Lynx
Lynx
A lynx is any of the four Lynx genus species of medium-sized wildcats. The name "lynx" originated in Middle English via Latin from Greek word "λύγξ", derived from the Indo-European root "*leuk-", meaning "light, brightness", in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 -1870)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1876)

M

Magi (Classical peoples: Magi
Magi
Magi is a term, used since at least the 4th century BC, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1856 - 1879)

Magpie (Bird: Magpie
Magpie
Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...

)

CCR 4-4-0T (1861 - 1872)

SDR 4-4-0ST (1872 - 1889)

Mammoth (Powerful animal: Mammoth
Mammoth
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair...

)

GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0

GWR Pyracmon Class

(1848 - 1873)

Mars (Roman mythology: Mars
Mars (mythology)
Mars was the Roman god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter, and he was the most prominent of the military gods worshipped by the Roman legions...

)

GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2

GWR Mather, Dixon locomotives

(1840 - 1840)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1868)

Mazeppa (Literature: Mazeppa
Mazeppa (Byron)
This article is about the poem by Lord Byron, for other uses see MazeppaMazeppa is a Romantic narrative poem written by Lord Byron in 1819, based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan Mazepa , a Ukrainian gentleman who later became Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1868)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1885)

Medea (Greek mythology: Medea
Medea
Medea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1873)

Medusa (Greek mythology: Medusa
Medusa
In Greek mythology Medusa , " guardian, protectress") was a Gorgon, a chthonic monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. The author Hyginus, interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1864)

Melling

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Mentor (Greek mythology: Mentor
Mentor
In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War.When Athena visited Telemachus she...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1867)

Mercury (Roman mythology: Mercury
Mercury (mythology)
Mercury was a messenger who wore winged sandals, and a god of trade, the son of Maia Maiestas and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is related to the Latin word merx , mercari , and merces...

)

GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2

GWR Mather, Dixon locomotives

(1839 - 1843)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1865)

Meridian

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1840 - 1870)

Mersey (Geography: River Mersey
River Mersey
The River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1879)

Meteor (Speed: Meteor
METEOR
METEOR is a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output. The metric is based on the harmonic mean of unigram precision and recall, with recall weighted higher than precision...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1840 - 1864)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1851 - 1881)

Metis (Greek mythology: Metis
Metis (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Metis was of the Titan generation and, like several primordial figures, an Oceanid, in the sense that Metis was born of Oceanus and Tethys, of an earlier age than Zeus and his siblings...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1877)

Midas (Greek mythology: Midas
Midas
For the legend of Gordias, a person who was taken by the people and made King, in obedience to the command of the oracle, see Gordias.Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1875)

Miles

GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1866 - 1888)

Milo (Roman personality: Titus Annius Milo
Titus Annius Milo
Titus Annius Milo Papianus was a Roman political agitator, the son of Gaius Papius Celsus, but adopted by his maternal grandfather, Titus Annius Luscus...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1866)

Minerva (Roman mythology: Minerva
Minerva
Minerva was the Roman goddess whom Romans from the 2nd century BC onwards equated with the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1877)

Minos (Greek mythology: Minos
Minos
In Greek mythology, Minos was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every year he made King Aegeus pick seven men and seven women to go to Daedalus' creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by The Minotaur. After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Hades. The Minoan civilization of Crete...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1870)

Mogul (Leader of people: Mogul
Magnate
Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1872)

Mole (Geography: River Mole
River Mole, Devon
The River Mole a tributary of the River Taw in Devon which rises on the southwestern border of Exmoor. The river takes its name from the market towns of North and South Molton. The river was previously known as the Nymet....

)

NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - 1870)

Monarch (Leader of people Monarch
Monarch
A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1879)

Moose (Animal: Moose
Moose
The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration...

)

GWR Prince class 2-2-2

GWR Prince Class

The Great Western Railway Prince Class 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service between August 1846 and March 1847, and withdrawn between January and September 1870....

(1846 - 1870)

Morning Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1839 - 1869)

Mosquito (Insect: Mosquito
Mosquito
Mosquitoes are members of a family of nematocerid flies: the Culicidae . The word Mosquito is from the Spanish and Portuguese for little fly...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1877)

Murdoch (Famous engineer: William Murdoch
William Murdoch
William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and long-term inventor.Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton and Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham, England.He was the inventor of the oscillating steam...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1892)

Myrtle (Flower: Myrtle)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1864 - 1873)

N

Napoleon (Famous personality: Napoleon I of France
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1880)

Nelson (Famous people: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1873)

Nemesis (Greek mythology: Nemesis
Nemesis (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Nemesis , also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris . The Greeks personified vengeful fate as a remorseless goddess: the goddess of revenge...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1877)

Neptune (Roman mythology: Neptune
Neptune (mythology)
Neptune was the god of water and the sea in Roman mythology and religion. He is analogous with, but not identical to, the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over one of the three realms of the universe,...

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GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2

GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives

(1838 - 1840)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1881)

Nero (Roman personality: Nero
Nero
Nero , was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1877)

Newport (Geography: Newport
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1874)

Newquay (Geography: Newquay
Newquay
Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately west of Bodmin and north of Truro....

)

NCJR 2-4-0T

Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway

(c.1869 - 1874)

Nimrod (Classical leader: Nimrod
Nimrod (king)
Nimrod is, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush and great-grandson of Noah and the king of Shinar. He is depicted in the Tanakh as a man of power in the earth, and a mighty hunter. Extra-Biblical traditions associating him with the Tower of Babel led to his...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1877)

Nora Creina (Literary muse:Lesbia hath a beaming eye)

GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

(1851 - 1872)

North Star (Astronomy: Pole star
Pole star
The term "Pole Star" usually refers to Polaris, which is the current northern pole star, also known as the North Star.In general, however, a pole star is a visible star, especially a prominent one, that is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation; that is, a star whose apparent...

)

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1837 - 1871)

North Star replica 2-2-2 (Built 1925)

O

Octavia (Roman personality: Claudia Octavia
Claudia Octavia
Claudia Octavia was an Empress of Rome. She was a great-niece of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal first cousin of the Emperor Caligula, daughter of the Emperor Claudius, and stepsister and first wife of the Emperor Nero...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1873)

Olympus (Greek mythology: Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, about 100 kilometres away from Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks. The highest peak Mytikas, meaning "nose", rises to 2,917 metres...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1879)

Orion (Greek personality: Orion of Thebes
Orion of Thebes
Orion of Thebes was a 5th century grammarian of Thebes , the teacher of Proclus the neo-Platonist, and of Eudocia, the wife of Emperor Theodosius II. He taught at Alexandria, Caesarea in Cappadocia and Byzantium. He was the author of a partly extant etymological Lexicon Orion of Thebes (died ca....

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1867)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1853 - 1878)

Orpheus (Greek mythology: Orpheus
Orpheus
Orpheus was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. The major stories about him are centered on his ability to charm all living things and even stones with his music; his attempt to retrieve his wife from the underworld; and his death at the hands of those who...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1877)

Oscar (Famous personality: Oscar I of Sweden
Oscar I of Sweden
Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm . Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1880)

Orson

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1874)

Osiris (Egyptian mythology: Osiris
Osiris
Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...

)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1853 - 1873)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1877)

SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Leopard class

(1875 - 1892)

Ostrich (Bird: Ostrich
Ostrich
The Ostrich is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member of the genus Struthio. Some analyses indicate that the Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species apart from the Common Ostrich, but most taxonomists consider it to be a...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1865)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1852 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Otho (Famous personality: Otto of Greece
Otto of Greece
Otto, Prince of Bavaria, then Othon, King of Greece was made the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers .The second son of the philhellene King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto ascended...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1880)

Ovid (Roman personality: Ovid
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1873)

Owl (Bird: Owl
Owl
Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...

)

SDR Owl class 0-4-0WT (1873 - 1893)

Oxford (Geography: Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1874)

P

Pallas (Greek mythology: Pallas
PALLAS
This article is about the research group. See Pallas for other uses of this word.PALLAS stands for Parallel Applications, Libraries, Languages, Algorithms, and Systems. It is a research group in of the at , led by...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1856 - 1879)

Pandora (Greek mythology: Pandora
Pandora
In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. As Hesiod related it, each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1863 - 1880)

Panthea

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1856 - 1878)

Panther (Powerful animal: Panther
Leopard
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1869)

Pasha (Leader of people: Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pascha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries. As an honorary title, Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord, and was also one of the highest titles in...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1876)

Peacock (Famous engineer: Richard Peacock
Richard Peacock
Richard Peacock was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer-Peacock.-Early life and education:...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1875)

Pearl

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1852 - 1878)

Pegasus (Greek mythology: Pegasus
Pegasus
Pegasus is one of the best known fantastical as well as mythological creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine horse, usually white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1868)

Pelops (Greek mythology: Pelops
Pelops
In Greek mythology, Pelops , was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus. He was the founder of the House of Atreus through his son of that name....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1876)

Penn

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Penwith (Geography: Penwith
Penwith
Penwith was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council was based in Penzance. The district covered all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which included an area of land to the east that fell outside the...

)

WCR 2-4-0ST (1872 - 1888)

Peri

GWR Prince class 2-2-2

GWR Prince Class

(1846 - 1870)

Perseus (Greek mythology: Perseus
Perseus
Perseus ,Perseos and Perseas are not used in English. the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1880)

Phlegethon (Greek mythology: Phlegethon
Phlegethon
In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon or Pyriphlegethon was one of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld, along with the rivers Styx, Lethe, Cocytus, and Acheron...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1866)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1887)

Phoenix (Greek mythology: Phoenix
Phoenix (mythology)
The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1870)

NCJR

Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway

(c.1869 - 1874)

Pices (Zodiac: Pisces)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1842 - 1874)

Pilot

BGR 2-4-0 (1844 - 1851)

Pioneer

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1877)

Pirate (Literary: The Pirate
The Pirate
The Pirate is a 1948 American musical feature film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With songs by Cole Porter, it stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly with co-stars Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, and George Zucco.-Plot:...

)

GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1876)

Planet

GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2

GWR Mather, Dixon locomotives

(1839 - 1840)

Plato (Greek personality: Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...

)

GWR Banking class 0-6-0ST

GWR Banking Class

(1854 - 1883)

Plutarch (Greek personality: Plutarch
Plutarch
Plutarch then named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1862 - 1875)

Pluto (Roman mythology: Pluto
Pluto (mythology)
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Pluto was a name for the ruler of the underworld; the god was also known as Hades, a name for the underworld itself...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1870)

SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Gorgon class

The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1866 - 1892)

Plutus (Greek mythology: Plutus
Plutus
Ploutos , usually Romanized as Plutus, was the god of wealth in ancient Greek religion and myth. He was the son of Demeter and the demigod Iasion, with whom she lay in a thrice-ploughed field. In the theology of the Eleusinian Mysteries he was regarded as the Divine Child...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1874)

Plym (Georaphy: River Plym
River Plym
The River Plym is a river in Devon, England. Its source is some 450m above sea level on Dartmoor, in an upland marshy area called Plym Head. From the upper reaches which contain antiquities and mining remains the river flows roughly southwest and enters the sea near to the city of Plymouth, where...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1859 - 1875)

Polar Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1840 - 1870)

Pollux (Greek mythology: Castor and Pollux
Castor and Pollux
In Greek and Roman mythology, Castor and Pollux or Polydeuces were twin brothers, together known as the Dioscuri . Their mother was Leda, but Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and Pollux the divine son of Zeus, who visited Leda in the guise of a swan...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1866)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1865 - 1892)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Premier

GWR Mather, Dixon 2-2-2

GWR Mather, Dixon locomotives

(1837 - 1840)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1846 - 1869)

Priam (Classical ruler: Priam
Priam
Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon. Modern scholars derive his name from the Luwian compound Priimuua, which means "exceptionally courageous".- Marriage and issue :...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1864)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1851 - 1876)

Prince

GWR Prince class 2-2-2

GWR Prince Class

(1846 - 1870)

SDR 2-4-0ST (1871 - 1892)

'Princess

SWMR 0-6-0ST (1863 - 1872)

Prometheus (Greek mythology: Prometheus
Prometheus
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1887)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1888 - 1892)

Proserpine (Greek mythology: Proserpine
Persephone
In Greek mythology, Persephone , also called Kore , is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest-goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld; she was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld....

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1873)

Psyche (Greek mythology: Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche , is a legend that first appeared as a digressionary story told by an old woman in Lucius Apuleius' novel, The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century CE. Apuleius likely used an earlier tale as the basis for his story, modifying it to suit the thematic needs of his novel.It has...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1874)

Pyracmon

GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0

GWR Pyracmon Class

(1847 - 1872)

Python (Greek mythology: Python
Python (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Python was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. He presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for his mother, Gaia, "Earth," Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier Krisa...

)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1874 - 1892)

Q

Queen

GWR Prince class 2-2-2

GWR Prince Class

(1847 - 1870)

TBR 0-4-0T

Torbay and Brixham Railway

The Torbay and Brixham Railway was a broad gauge railway which linked the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway at Churston railway station, Devon with the important fishing port of Brixham...

(1868 - 1882)

R

Raven (Bird: Raven
Raven
Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...

)

SDR and TBR Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892)

Reading (Geography: Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1874)

Red Gauntlet (Literary: Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Dumfries, Scotland in 1765, and described by Magnus Magnusson as "in a sense, the most autobiographical of Scott's novels." It describes the beginnings of a fictional third Jacobite Rebellion, and includes "Wandering Willie's Tale", a...

)

GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1876)

Red Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1840 - 1865)

Redruth (Geography: Redruth
Redruth
Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of...

)

WCR 0-6-0ST (1871 - 1887)

Regulus (Roman mythology: see Basilisk
Basilisk
In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents and said to have the power to cause death with a single glance...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1862 - 1883)

Remus (Roman mythology: Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus are Rome's twin founders in its traditional foundation myth, although the former is sometimes said to be the sole founder...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1879)

SDR Remus class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Remus class

The two Remus class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated by the South Devon Railway, England. They were ordered for working goods trains on the West Cornwall Railway but were also used on passenger trains....

(1866 - 1886)

Rennie (Famous engineer: John Rennie
John Rennie (son)
Sir John Rennie was the second son of engineer John Rennie and brother of George Rennie.-Early life:...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1878)

Rhea (Greek mythology: Rhea
Rhea (mythology)
Rhea was the Titaness daughter of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth, in Greek mythology. She was known as "the mother of gods". In earlier traditions, she was strongly associated with Gaia and Cybele, the Great Goddess, and was later seen by the classical Greeks as the mother of the Olympian...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1872)

Rhondda (Geography: River Rhondda
River Rhondda
The River Rhondda is a river in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales which has two major tributaries; the Rhondda Fawr and the Rhondda Fach .- Description :...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1859 - 1877)

Rising Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1840 - 1871)

Rob Roy (Literary: Rob Roy
Rob Roy (novel)
Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the larger-than-life title...

)

GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1872)

Roberts (Famous engineer: Richard Roberts
Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially based in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co. and moved to Glasgow, Scotland in 1888, eventually amalgamating with two other Glasgow-based locomotive manufacturers to...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Robin Hood (Literature: Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....

)

GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1876)

S&WR 0-6-0T

Severn and Wye Railway

(1868 - 1872)

Rocket (Speed: Rocket
Rocket
A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction...

)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1870)

SDR Comet class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Comet class

(1851 - 1877)

Rougemont

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1879)

Romulus (Roman mythology: Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus are Rome's twin founders in its traditional foundation myth, although the former is sometimes said to be the sole founder...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1877)

SDR Remus class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Remus class

(1866 - 1892)

Rook (Bird: Rook
Rook (bird)
The Rook is a member of the Corvidae family in the passerine order of birds. Named by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, the species name frugilegus is Latin for "food-gathering"....

)

Raven class 0-4-0ST (1874 - 1892)

Rosa

LVR and SDR 4-4-0ST (1863 - 1874)

SDR 0-6-0ST (1874 - 1885)

Rose (Flower: Rose
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1863 - 1877)

Rover (Speed: Rover)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1850 - 1871)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1871 - 1892)

Royal Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1841 - 1871)

Ruby

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1881)

S

Sagittarius (Zodiac: Sagittarius
Sagittarius (astrology)
Sagittarius is the ninth astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the 240th and 269th degree of celestial longitude...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1842 - 1871)

Salus (Greek mythology: Salus
Hygieia
In Greek and Roman mythology, Hygieia , was a daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius. She was the goddess/personification of health , cleanliness and sanitation. She also played an important part in her father's cult...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1877)

Sampson (Biblical: Sampson
Samson
Samson, Shimshon ; Shamshoun or Sampson is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh ....

)

GWR Hercules class 0-6-0

GWR Hercules Class

The Hercules Class were four broad gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway. They were the first 0-6-0 locomotives, being built in 1842 by Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company...

(1842 - 1870)

SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Tornado class

(1855 - 1884)

Sappho (Greek personality: Sappho
Sappho
Sappho was an Ancient Greek poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Later Greeks included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BC, and it is said that she died around 570 BC, but little is known for certain about her life...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1873)

Saturn (Roman mythology: Saturn
Saturn (mythology)
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Saturn was a major god presiding over agriculture and the harvest time. His reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace by many Roman authors. In medieval times he was known as the Roman god of agriculture, justice and strength. He held a sickle in...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1878)

Saunders

GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1866 - 1872)

SDR 0-6-0ST

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1872 - 1892)

Scorpio (Zodiac: Scorpio
Scorpius
Scorpius, sometimes known as Scorpio, is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for scorpion, and its symbol is . It lies between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1872)

Sebastopol (British battle: Sebastopol)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1855 - 1880)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1880 - 1892)

Sedley

SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Gorgon class

The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1866 - 1885)

Seneca (Roman personality: Seneca the Younger
Seneca the Younger
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1872)

Severn (Geography: River Severn
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1873)

Severus (Roman personality: Septimus Severus)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1878)

Shah (Leader of people: Shah
Shah
Shāh is the title of the ruler of certain Southwest Asian and Central Asian countries, especially Persia , and derives from the Persian word shah, meaning "king".-History:...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1872)

Shamrock (Flower: Shamrock
Shamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1863 - 1877)

Shannon (Geography: River Shannon
River Shannon
The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland at . It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1880)

Sharp (Famous engineer: Thomas Sharp
Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially based in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co. and moved to Glasgow, Scotland in 1888, eventually amalgamating with two other Glasgow-based locomotive manufacturers to...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1887)

Shrewsbury (Geography: Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1872)

Shooting Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1841 - 1871)

Sibyl (Greek mythology: Sibyl
Sibyl
The word Sibyl comes from the Greek word σίβυλλα sibylla, meaning prophetess. The earliest oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, "who admittedly are known only through legend" prophesied at certain holy sites, under the divine influence of a deity, originally— at Delphi and...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1878)

Sir Watkin

GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1866 - 1892)

Sirius (Star: Sirius
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1880)

Slaughter (Famous engineer: Edward Slaughter
Avonside Engine Company
The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934. However the business originated with an earlier enterprise Henry Stothert and Company.-Origins:...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1865)

Smeaton (Famous engineer: John Smeaton
John Smeaton
John Smeaton, FRS, was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1877)

Snake (Animal: Snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

)

GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2

GWR Haigh Foundry locomotives

(1838 - 1869)

Sol (Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...

: Sol)

SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Gorgon class

The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1866 - 1892)

Sphinx (Egyptian mythology: Sphinx
Sphinx
A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1873)

Spit Fire

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1878)

Stag (Fast animal: Stag
STAG
STAG: A Test of Love is a reality TV show hosted by Tommy Habeeb. Each episode profiles an engaged couple a week or two before their wedding. The cameras then follow the groom on his bachelor party...

)

SDR Leopard class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Leopard class

(1872 - 1893)

Star

NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - 1870)

Statius (Roman personality: Statius
Statius
Publius Papinius Statius was a Roman poet of the 1st century CE . Besides his poetry in Latin, which include an epic poem, the Thebaid, a collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae, and the unfinished epic, the Achilleid, he is best known for his appearance as a major character in the Purgatory...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1855 - 1871)

Stentor (Greek personality: Stentor
Stentor
In Greek mythology, Stentor was a herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. Although he is mentioned only briefly in Homer's Iliad, in which Hera takes Stentor's character to encourage the Greeks to fight, his name has been living in the term "stentorian" voice, meaning loud-voiced, for...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1842 - 1867)

Stephenson (Famous engineer: George Stephenson
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1878)

Steropes (Greek mythology: Steropes)

GWR Pyracmon class 0-6-0

GWR Pyracmon Class

(1848 - 1871)

Stewart (Famous engineer: Charles Stewart
Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially based in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co. and moved to Glasgow, Scotland in 1888, eventually amalgamating with two other Glasgow-based locomotive manufacturers to...

)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1877)

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0T

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1877 - 1892)

Stiletto

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1870)

Stromboli (Geography: Stromboli
Stromboli
Stromboli is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily. This name is a corruption of the Ancient Greek name Strongulē which was given to it...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1870)

SDR 0-6-0ST

GWR Banking Class

(1872 - 1889)

Stroud (Geography: Stroud
Stroud
Stroud a town and civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England.Stroud may also refer to:*Stroud, New South Wales, Australia*Stroud, Ontario, Canada*Stroud , Gloucestershire, UK*Stroud...

)

BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1855)

Sultan (Leader of people: Sultan
Sultan
Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1847 - 1874)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1876 - 1892)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1840 - 1873)

Sunbeam

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1840 - 1870)

Swallow (Fast bird: Swallow
Swallow
The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1849 - 1871)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1871 - 1892)

Swindon (Geography: Swindon
Swindon
Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...

)

GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1865 - 1874)

Sylla

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1862 - 1878)

Sylph

GWR Prince class 2-2-2

GWR Prince Class

(1847 - 1870)

T

Talbot

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1877)

Tamar (Geography: River Tamar
River Tamar
The Tamar is a river in South West England, that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall . It is one of several British rivers whose ancient name is assumed to be derived from a prehistoric river word apparently meaning "dark flowing" and which it shares with the River Thames.The...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1859 - 1880)

Tantalus (Greek mythology: Tantalus
Tantalus
Tantalus was the ruler of an ancient western Anatolian city called either after his name, as "Tantalís", "the city of Tantalus", or as "Sipylus", in reference to Mount Sipylus, at the foot of which his city was located and whose ruins were reported to be still visible in the beginning of the...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1862 - 1876)

Tartar (Classical peoples: Tartars)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1876)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1876 - 1892)

Taurus (Zodiac: Taurus
Taurus (astrology)
Taurus is the second astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the 30th and 59th degree of celestial longitude. Generally, the Sun transits this area of the zodiac between April 21 to May 21 each year...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1870)

SDR 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway locomotive Taurus

Taurus was an 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotive operated by the South Devon Railway.It was a very different locomotive to all the other 0-6-0s used on the South Devon Railway. It was much smaller and was normally used on one of the branches, where it would regularly work passenger trains, or...

(1869 - 1892)

Taw (Geography: River Taw
River Taw
The River Taw rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor. It reaches the Bristol Channel away on the north coast of Devon at a joint estuary mouth which it shares with the River Torridge.-Watercourse:...

)

NDR 2-2-2 (1855 - c.1860)

Tay (Geography: River Tay
River Tay
The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui , then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochhart, Loch Lubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay , in...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1858 - 1881)

Teign (Geography: River Teign
River Teign
The River Teign is a river in the county of Devon, England.Like many Devon rivers, the Teign rises on Dartmoor, near Cranmere Pool. Its course on the moor is crossed by a clapper bridge near Teigncombe, just below the prehistoric Kestor Settlement. It leaves the moor at its eastern side, flowing...

)

GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2

GWR Haigh Foundry locomotives

(1846 - 1851?)

Telford (Famous engineer: Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.-Early career:...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1879)

Telica (Geography: Telica
Telica
Telica is a municipality in the León department of Nicaragua. It is located just north of the city of León. The population is 8,776.It is the birthplace of former Major League Baseball player Tony Chévez....

)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1846 - 1870)

Thames (Geography: River Thames
River Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1877)

Theocritus (Greek personality: Theocritus
Theocritus
Theocritus , the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.-Life:Little is known of Theocritus beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of the poems commonly attributed to him have little claim to...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1873)

Theseus (Greek mythology: Theseus
Theseus
For other uses, see Theseus Theseus was the mythical founder-king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, both of whom Aethra had slept with in one night. Theseus was a founder-hero, like Perseus, Cadmus, or Heracles, all of whom battled and overcame foes that were...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1862 - 1880)

Thistle (Flower: Thistle
Thistle
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1863 - 1874)

Thunderer

GWR Harrison 2-2-2+6

GWR Thunderer locomotive

Thunderer was the first of a pair of locomotives built for the Great Western Railway , England, by R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. whose design was very different from other steam locomotives. In order to meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel's strict specifications, an 0-4-0 frame carried the 'engine', while the...

(1838 - 1839)

GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

(1851 - 1874)

Tiger (Powerful animal: Tiger
Tiger
The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1873)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1860 - 1884)

Timour

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1849 - 1871)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1873 - 1892)

Tiny

SDR 0-4-0vb (1868 - 1883)

Titan (Greek mythology: Titan
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....

)

SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Gorgon class

The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1866 - 1886)

Tite

NDR 2-2-2 (1856 - 1870)

Tityos

GWR Hercules class 0-6-0

GWR Hercules Class

The Hercules Class were four broad gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway. They were the first 0-6-0 locomotives, being built in 1842 by Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company...

(1842 - 1870)

Tornado (Power: Tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...

)

GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1849 - 1881)

SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Tornado class

(1854 - 1884)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1888 - 1892)

Trafalgar (British battle: Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1871)

Trevethick (Famous engineer: Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. His most significant success was the high pressure steam engine and he also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1878)

Tugwell

BGR 2-4-0 (1844 - 1856)

Tweed (Geography: River Tweed
River Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1857 - 1874)

Tyne (Geography: River Tyne
River Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England in Great Britain. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers: the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.The North Tyne rises on the...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(18759 -1877)

Typhon (Greek mythology: Typhon
Typhon
Typhon , also Typhoeus , Typhaon or Typhos was the last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, and the most deadly monster of Greek mythology. He was known as the "Father of all monsters"; his wife Echidna was likewise the "Mother of All Monsters."Typhon was described in pseudo-Apollodorus,...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1879)

U

Ulysses (Literature: Ulysses
Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1872)

LVR and SDR 0-6-0ST (1862 - 1892)

V

Venus (Roman mythology: Venus
Venus (mythology)
Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex,sexual seduction and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths...

)

GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2

GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives

(1838 - 1868)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1870)

NDR 2-4-0 (1856 - 1870)

Vesper (Roman mythology: Vesper
Hesperus
In Greek mythology, Hesperus is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is the son of the dawn goddess Eos and is the brother of Eosphorus , the Morning Star. Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1879)

Vesta (Roman mythology: Vesta
Vesta (mythology)
Vesta was the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. Vesta's presence was symbolized by the sacred fire that burned at her hearth and temples...

)

GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1841 - 1864)

Vesuvius (Geography: Vesuvius)

GWR Premier class 0-6-0

GWR Premier Class

(1846 - 1870)

Victor Emmanuel (Famous people: Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Victor Emanuel II was king of Sardinia from 1849 and, on 17 March 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878...

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1878)

Victoria (Famous people: Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

)

GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1856 - 1879)

Violet (Flower: Violet
Violet (plant)
Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400–500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in...

)

GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1864 - 1872)

Viper (Animal: Viper
Viperidae
The Viperidae are a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except in Antarctica, Australia, Ireland, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and above the Arctic Circle. All have relatively long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom. Four...

)

GWR Haigh Foundry 2-2-2

GWR Haigh Foundry locomotives

(1838 - 1868)

Virgil (Roman personality: Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...

)

GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST

GWR Bogie Class

(1854 - 1873)

Virgo (Zodiac: Virgo
Virgo (astrology)
Virgo is the sixth astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the 150th and 179th degree of celestial longitude. Generally, the Sun transits this area of the zodiac between August 23 to September 22 each year...

)

GWR Leo class 2-4-0

GWR Leo Class

(1841 - 1870)

Vixen (Animal: Vixen
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...

)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1854 - 1879)

Volcano (Power: Volcano
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

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GWR Caesar class 0-6-0

GWR Caesar Class

(1851 - 1874)

SDR Tornado class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Tornado class

(1854 - 1877)

Vulcan (Greek mythology: Vulcan
Vulcan (mythology)
Vulcan , aka Mulciber, is the god of beneficial and hindering fire, including the fire of volcanoes in ancient Roman religion and Roman Neopaganism. Vulcan is usually depicted with a thunderbolt. He is known as Sethlans in Etruscan mythology...

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GWR Charles Tayleur 2-2-2

GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives

(1837 - 1868)

SDR Buffalo class 0-6-0ST

South Devon Railway Buffalo class

The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1874 - 1892)

Vulture (Bird: Vulture
Vulture
Vulture is the name given to two groups of convergently evolved scavenging birds, the New World Vultures including the well-known Californian and Andean Condors, and the Old World Vultures including the birds which are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals on African plains...

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GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1870)

W

Warhawk

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1877)

Warlock (Magician: Warlock
Warlock
The term warlock in origin means "traitor, oathbreaker".In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of witch ....

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GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1874)

GWR Rover class 4-2-2 (1876 - 1892)

Warrior (Power: Warrior
Warrior
A warrior is a person skilled in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based society that recognizes a separate warrior class.-Warrior classes in tribal culture:...

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GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1861 - 1872)

Wasp (Insect: Wasp
Wasp
The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...

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GWR Metropolitan class 2-4-0T

GWR Metropolitan Class

(1862 - 1875)

Watt (Famous engineer: James Watt
James Watt
James Watt, FRS, FRSE was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.While working as an instrument maker at the...

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GWR Victoria class 2-4-0

GWR Victoria Class

The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864...

(1863 - 1880)

Waverley (Literary: Waverley
Waverley (novel)
Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Initially published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, Waverley is often regarded as the first historical novel. It became so popular that Scott's later novels were advertised as being "by the author of...

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GWR Waverley class 4-4-0

GWR Waverley Class

(1855 - 1876)

Wear (Geography: River Wear
River Wear
The River Wear is located in North East England, rising in the Pennines and flowing eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea at Sunderland.-Geology and history:...

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GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1859 - 1879)

Weasel (Animal: Weasel
Weasel
Weasels are mammals forming the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. They are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs....

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SDR Owl class 0-4-0WT (1873 - 1882)

Wellington (Famous people: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

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GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1873)

Western Star

GWR Star class 2-2-2

GWR Star Class

(1841 - 1866)

Whetham

GWR Sir Watkin class 0-6-0T

GWR Sir Watkin Class

(1866 - 1889)

Wickwar (Geography: Wickwar
Wickwar
Wickwar is a village in South Gloucestershire between Chipping Sodbury and Charfield. It is famous for its football club and its high street. The Wickwar brewery is a popular local producer of cask ale....

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BGR 2-2-2 (1844 - 1853)

Wild Fire (Power: Wildfire
Wildfire
A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, squirrel fire, vegetation fire, veldfire, and wilkjjofire may be used to describe the same...

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GWR Fire Fly class 2-2-2

GWR Firefly Class

(1840 - 1867)

Windsor (Geography: Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor is an affluent suburban town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family....

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GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1873)

Witch

GWR Prince class 2-2-2

GWR Prince Class

(1846 - 1870)

Wizard (Magician: Wizard
Warlock
The term warlock in origin means "traitor, oathbreaker".In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of witch ....

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GWR Iron Duke class 4-2-2 (1848 - 1875)

Wolf (Animal: Wolf)

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1873)

SDR Eagle class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Eagle class

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

(1859 - 1878)

Wolverhampton (Geography: Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...

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GWR Swindon class 0-6-0

GWR Swindon Class

(1866 - 1874)

Wood

GWR Hawthorn class 2-4-0

GWR Hawthorn Class

The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class....

(1866 - 1892)

Wye (Geography: River Wye
River Wye
The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the UK and for parts of its length forms part of the border between England and Wales. It is important for nature conservation and recreation.-Description:...

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GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1859 - 1879)

X

Xerxes (Classical ruler: Xerxes I of Persia
Xerxes I of Persia
Xerxes I of Persia , Ḫšayāršā, ), also known as Xerxes the Great, was the fifth king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire.-Youth and rise to power:...

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GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1863 - 1882)

Y

Yataghan

GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1871)

Yeo (Geography: River Yeo
River Yeo
There are several rivers called the Yeo in the West Country of England. Yeo is from a Saxon word ēa, meaning simply "river", "stream", or "water" district , but the South Somerset Yeo is derived from a Celtic word gifl, meaning 'forked river'.-Somerset:* The River Yeo , which joins the River...

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NDR 2-2-2 (1857 - 1877)

Z

Zebra (Animal: Zebra
Zebra
Zebras are several species of African equids united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds...

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GWR Sun class 2-2-2

GWR Sun Class

(1841 - 1871)

SDR Gorgon class 4-4-0ST

South Devon Railway Gorgon class

The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

(1866 - 1892)

Zetes (Greek mythology:Zetes)

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1855 - 1877)

Zina

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0

GWR Ariadne Class

(1853 - 1874)

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