Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
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The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
(GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
but Daniel Gooch
was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different broad gauge
types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly
and later Iron Duke Class
2-2-2
s. In 1864 Gooch was succeeded by Joseph Armstrong
who brought his standard gauge
experience to the workshops at Swindon. To replace some of the earlier locomotives, he put broad gauge wheels on his standard gauge locomotives and from this time on all locomotives were given numbers, including the broad gauge ones that had previously carried just names.
Joseph Armstrong's early death in 1877 meant that the next phase of motive power design was the responsibility of William Dean, his assistant and successor. Dean went on to develop express 4-4-0
types, but the familiar 4-6-0
s of later years were initially introduced by the next engineer, George Jackson Churchward
. He was also responsible for the introduction of self-propelled Steam Rail Motors
for suburban and light branch line passenger trains. Next came Charles Collett
in 1921; he standardised the many types of locomotives then in service, producing the iconic Castle
and King
s. He also introduced diesel power in the form of streamlined
rail cars
in 1934. The final engineer was Frederick Hawksworth
who took control in 1941 and produced GWR-design locomotives until after nationalisation in 1948.
The GWR expanded rapidly from 1854 by amalgamating
with other railways. In 1876 most of the remaining broad gauge companies became a part of the GWR. The Railways Act 1921
finally brought most of the remaining independent companies in the area under its control. Many early locomotives were replaced by standard GWR designs, but many others were rebuilt using standardised components.
s were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
but did not prove too successful. In order to meet his demands some novel ideas were tried such as the Haigh Foundry's geared locomotives
and TE Harrison's Hurricane
and Thunderer
which had the engine and boiler on separate chassis.
when he was appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. Following on from the Star Class
that he ordered from Robert Stephenson and Company
, he designed a series of standardised and successful locomotive types starting with the Firefly
and Sun
classes of passenger locomotives, and the Leo
and Hercules
classes for goods trains. By 1846 Swindon Works had been established and was able to build its own locomotives. The most familiar from this period are the Iron Duke Class
2-2-2
s with their 8 feet (2.44 m) driving wheels, a type that operated express trains right up to the end of the broad gauge in 1892. Gooch further developed the broad gauge locomotive fleet, producing the first bogie tank
design for the steep and curving South Devon lines in 1849, and condensing locomotives for the Metropolitan Railway
in 1862. He produced over 100 Ariadne class
goods locomotives to a standardised design at a time when most classes ran to only ten or twenty locomotives, and components he designed were often interchangeable between different classes.
With the acquisition of the northern standard gauge lines in 1854 came 56 locomotives, a second workshop at Wolverhampton
, and Joseph Armstrong
. Wolverhampton was responsible for maintaining standard gauge locomotives for many years, although Daniel Gooch
did design some new locomotives that were built at Swindon and carried to Wolverhampton on special trucks. The first, the 57 class were 0-6-0
goods locomotives built in 1855. At the same time some 69 class passenger locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company
in Manchester
so were able to be transported on their own wheels. By the time that Armstrong replaced Gooch at Swindon in 1864 many more locomotives had been acquired with the Birkenhead
and West Midland Railways.
Broad gauge
Standard gauge
who brought his standard gauge
experience gained in the Northern Division to bear on the larger broad gauge locomotives. He designed the Hawthorn class
of 2-4-0
and, in 1870, started the renewal of the Iron Dukes with more powerful boilers. The conversion of many broad gauge lines to standard gauge meant that this was a period of consolidation but in 1876 the amalgamation of the Bristol and Exeter
and South Devon Railway locomotives
saw 180 locomotives added to the GWR's fleet. To replace some of these earlier locomotives, Armstrong put broad gauge wheels on his standard gauge 1076 Class
and from this time on GWR locomotives were given numbers rather than the names that had been carried by broad gauge locomotives up till then.
Armstrong developed the 2-2-2
as his preferred express locomotive, producing 30 of the Sir Daniel class
from 1866 and 21 of the Queen class from 1873. Smaller 2-4-0
s, such as the 439 class
of 1868, worked slower passenger trains while 0-6-0
s, such as the 388 class
, continued to operate freight trains. Tank locomotives were constructed to operate lighter trains and branch lines, the most familiar of which were the 1076 "Buffalo" class
0-6-0
STs (later 0-6-0PT), and the 455 "Metro" class
2-4-0
Ts.
Broad gauge
Standard gauge
took his place at Wolverhampton and for the next 33 years continued to repair, rebuild and build standard-gauge locomotives in a spirit of independence from Swindon, just as Joseph had done during his own ten years at Wolverhampton. Most of the new locomotives built there were tank engines, some of them very long-lived; a few even survived the Second World War.
goods locomotives. He also developed some elegant express locomotives such as the 3031 Class singles
. Following the abandonment of the broad gauge on 20 May 1892 the majority of the remaining 195 broad gauge locomotives were taken to "the dump" at Swindon. Most of the convertible locomotives were altered to run on the standard gauge over the following 18 months while the remainder were cut up.
Dean had worked under Armstrong on and off for 22 years before becoming his successor and he perpetuated his locomotive policy for some time. He later produced standardised 0-6-0 and 2-6-0
goods locomotives (the 2301
and 2600 "Aberdare"
classes), and 0-6-0STs of various sizes (the 2021
and 2721
classes). For express trains he initially developed the 2-2-2 type, culminating with the elegant 3031 class
. He later moved on to the 4-4-0
type, producing the Badminton and Atbara
classes with 80 inches (2.03 m) wheels, and the Duke
and Bulldog
classes with 68 inches (1.73 m) wheels. For branch line and suburban trains he built 31 3600 class
2-4-2
T locomotives.
Broad gauge
Standard gauge
The majority of saddle tanks were rebuilt with pannier tanks from 1902 onwards.
George Jackson Churchward
started his railway career in the South Devon Railway
locomotive workshops at Newton Abbot
. After that company became a part of the GWR in 1876 he was sent to Swindon and worked under Armstrong and Dean. After his appointment as Locomotive Superintendent in 1902 he developed a series of standard locomotive types with flat-topped Belpaire firebox
es, tapered boiler
s, long smokebox
es, boiler top feeds, long-lap long-travel valve gear
, and many standardised parts such as wheels, cylinders and connecting rods.
For express passenger trains he quickly turned out the City class
of 4-4-0
s, the first taking to the rails in 1903. The following year one of these, 3717 City of Truro, was reputedly the first locomotive in the world to exceed 100 mph. A larger 4-4-0 was produced in 1904 in the form of the County class
, but further increases in size demanded more wheels.
Experiments had already been made for a 4-6-0
design while Dean was still in charge, and these continued under Churchward; the first 4-6-0, number 100, appeared in 1902 as the initial prototype of what became the Saint class
. One locomotive was converted to a 4-4-2
for direct trials against French
designs that he tried on the GWR in 1903. These experiments moved the GWR towards using four cylinders and they even tried a 4-6-2
, 111 The Great Bear
which was the first locomotive of this type in the United Kingdom. Production 4-6-0s appeared in 1905 as the two-cylinder Saint class, and were followed in 1906 by the four-cylinder Star class
. A freight version of the Saint, the 2-8-0
2800 class
was introduced in 1903. For lighter trains a series of 2-6-0
s were turned out in 1911, the 4300 class
, which were to become the most numerous GWR tender locomotives. In 1919 this design was enlarged to become the 4700 class
2-8-0s.
Churchward's standardisation aims meant that a number of tank locomotives were produced that were based on these tender locomotives. The 2221 class
of 1905 were a 4-4-2 tank version of the County class, indeed they were known as the "County Tanks". These were then developed into a 2-6-2
T design, being produced as the 3100 class
in 1903 and the 3150 class
three years later. Smaller 2-6-2Ts, the 4400 class
were introduced in 1904 and were succeeded by the slightly larger 4500 class
in 1906. Two very different freight tank locomotive types appeared in 1910. The 4200 class
was a tank version of the 2800 class, but a demand for small locomotives for working on dock and branch lines was met by the 1361 class
, a new design based on the old Cornwall Minerals Railway
0-6-0ST design but using as many of Churchward's standard parts as possible.
Other innovations during Churchward's office included the introduction of self-propelled Steam Rail Motors
for suburban and light branch line passenger trains. From 1915 his post was renamed that of the 'Chief Mechanical Engineer'. He also remodelled Swindon Works, building the 1.4 acre (0.5665604 ha) boiler-erecting shops and the first static locomotive-testing plant in the United Kingdom.
became the Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1921. Almost straight away he had to take on all the locomotives of myriad types from the railways absorbed in 1922 and 1923. Many of these were 'Swindonised', that is they were rebuilt using standard GWR parts. He also set about designing many new types to replace the older examples. Many of the most familiar GWR tank locomotive classes were designed during this period: the 1400 class
for small branch lines and auto trains; the 4575 class
(a development of the 4500 class with larger tanks) and the large 6100 class
2-6-2Ts; the massive 7200 class
of rebuilt 4200 class 2-8-2Ts; and the iconic pannier tanks of the 5700 class
, the first of which appeared in 1929.
Collett further developed the 4-6-0 type as the ideal GWR express locomotive, extending the Stars into Castles
in 1923, and then producing the largest of them all, the four-cylinder King class
, in 1927. He also produced slightly smaller types for mixed traffic (either passenger and goods) duties, the Hall class
in 1928, the Grange class
in 1934, and the Manor class
in 1934. All these continued to carry appropriate names. For lighter goods services he produced his own standard 0-6-0, the 2251 class
.
It was under Collett's control that diesel power was first appeared on the GWR. He introduced the first streamlined
rail cars
in 1934 and by 1942 38 had been built, although the latter ones had more angular styling. Some were configured for long distance express services with buffet counters, others for branch line or parcels work, and some were designed as two-car sets.
only became the Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1941 and the Second World War
meant that his new designs were few. He updated Collett's Hall class to produce the GWR 6959 Class
, known as "Modified Halls", and produced the last GWR 2-cylinder 4-6-0s, the County class
4-6-0
, which ended a tradition that had begun with the Saint class 42 years before. Their boilers were based on those of the LMS Stanier Class 8F
2-8-0, a number of which had been built at Swindon during the War. Other designs included three designs of 0-6-0PT: the taper boilered 9400 class
; the 1500 class
with outside Walschaerts valve gear and no running plate designed for pilot work around large stations; and the very light 1600 Class
.
Bristol and Exeter Railway
Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives
were absorbed on 1 January 1876. The broad gauge
locomotives were numbered in the series 2001 to 2095; the standard gauge
locomotives were numbered in the series 1353 - 1382.
from 1 September 1890.
Opened on 6 March 1865, the line was worked by the contractor Waring Bros until 1869 when the company was left to make its own arrangements. Two locomotives were owned by the company but never taken into stock of either the Great Western Railway
or the Midland Railway. They were 0-4-2Ts which appear to have been rebuilt from ex-London and North Western Railway
tender engines.
Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway
on 1 July 1881.
Three locomotives (+ 1)
Cornwall Minerals Railway
Nine locomotives were transferred from the Cornwall Mineral Railway on 1 July 1877, and one further one on 1 July 1896.
Festiniog & Blaenau Railway
This railway was of 1' 11½" gauge and was taken over on 13 April 1883. It was later converted to standard gauge as the extension of the new Bala & Festiniog Railway after purchase by the Great Western Railway
.
Two locomotives were taken over, both being built by Manning Wardle
.
Hook Norton Ironstone Partnership
This concern was in liquidation when the Great Western Railway
purchased an engine in July 1904.
Liskeard and Caradon Railway
Three locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1909, they were used on both the Caradon and the Liskeard and Looe Railways. GWR experimental 4-4-0ST number 13 was also regularly used on the line, at first hired to the Liskeard and Caradon, but it continued to be used after the Great Western Railway took over operations.
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
12 locomotives were acquired in 1873, including four which had originated on the West Cornwall Railway
. They were renumbered in the 915 - 926 series.
Worked from 1 August 1875, amalgamated 1 August 1880.
3 locomotives (all 0-6-0STs).
(NB ?? Re number 1361 - An extant photo exists in the SLS Stanford Jacobs Collection showing 1361 to be Pembroke.)
and the Midland Railway
on 1 July 1894 .
Seven locomotives were taken over on 1 October 1895.
South Devon Railway
The 85 broad gauge
locomotives added to the Great Western Railway fleet on 1 February 1876 included not just the South Devon Railway locomotives
but also the 19 owned by the Cornwall Railway
and 8 from the West Cornwall Railway
, which had all operated in a common pool since 1866. They were numbered in the 2096 - 2180 series but, generally, also retained their names.
Torbay and Brixham Railway
Vested with the Great Western Railway
1 January 1883.
Two broad gauge engines: Queen and Raven. The former was withdrawn from stock on the same day, the latter was an ex-South Devon Railway locomotive and was taken back into GWR stock.
Vale of Neath Railway
The 19 broad gauge
locomotives acquired in 1866 retained their original numbers; the six standard gauge
locomotives were renumbered into the 413 - 418 series.
.
The line was vested into the Great Western Railway
on 1 July 1883.
Two locomotives were taken over.
Whitland & Cardigan Railway
There were three locomotives all standard gauge and were numbered 1385-1387, being taken over 1 September 1886.
West Cornwall Railway
The eight West Cornwall Railway broad gauge
locomotives were operated in a common pool with the South Devon Railway locomotives
and are detailed in that section, above. At the same time, 1 February 1876, another eight standard gauge
locomotives were also acquired. These were renumbered 1384 - 1391.
, bringing 925 locomotives.
Brecon and Merthyr Railway
47 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.
Cambrian Railways
94 standard gauge locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 given random numbers in various series..
Vale of Rheidol Railway
Three gauge locomotives acquired with the Cambrian Railways on 1 January 1922, also two new locomotives, similar to the earlier 2-6-2Ts, built in 1923.
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Two gauge 0-6-0T locomotives acquired with the Cambrian Railways on 1 January 1922.
Cardiff Railway
36 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.
Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway
Two locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1922
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
The M&SWJR's Locomotive Superintendent from 1903 to 1923 was James Tyrell.
29 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1923.
The three Dübs 2-4-0s were the only M&SWJR locomotives to survive into British Railways ownership in 1948. At least one of them was used on the Lambourn Valley Railway, probably because of its light axle load.
Neath and Brecon Railway
15 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.
were contractors at Swansea Docks, and their 9 locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1924.
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
37 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.
Rhymney Railway
123 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 given numbers in random series.
and its 275 locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1922.
Corris Railway
narrow gauge locomotives:
closed in 1940:
Withdrawal of ex-GWR locomotives took place earlier than for the other 'Big Four' companies as the Western Region took the decision to be the first to end steam traction. A handful of locomotives that had been transferred to other regions did survive for longer however. Ironically, because the Barry scrapyard received large numbers of ex-GWR locomotives, proportionately more survive today in preservation than the locomotives of the other companies.
), cities (3700 class
), counties (3800 class
, later the 1000 class
), castles (4073 class
), and halls (4900 class
). This tradition dated back to the first locomotives delivered to the railway, for all broad gauge locomotives initially were identified only by names, numbers first appearing on the standard gauge locomotives acquired with the northern companies that became part of the GWR in 1862.
Several locomotives were honoured with the name Great Western. The first was an Iron Duke class
broad gauge locomotive built in 1846, the first locomotive entirely constructed at the company’s Swindon locomotive works. This was withdrawn in 1870, but in 1888 a modernised version of the same class was built and given the same name; this was withdrawn just four years later when the broad gauge was taken out of use. A standard gauge 3031 class
locomotive, number 3012, was then given the Great Western name. The final GWR locomotive to carry the name was Castle class
number 7007, which continued to carry while working for British Railways. The tradition of using this name has continued with British Rail and modern companies up to the present day.
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) were specified by 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...
but 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...
was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different 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 :...
types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly
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....
and later Iron Duke Class
GWR Iron Duke Class
The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.-History:The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon converted to a 4-2-2 arrangement...
2-2-2
2-2-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle. The wheel arrangement both provided more stability and enabled a larger firebox...
s. In 1864 Gooch was succeeded by Joseph Armstrong
Joseph Armstrong (engineer)
Joseph Armstrong was a British locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway...
who brought his 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...
experience to the workshops at Swindon. To replace some of the earlier locomotives, he put broad gauge wheels on his standard gauge locomotives and from this time on all locomotives were given numbers, including the broad gauge ones that had previously carried just names.
Joseph Armstrong's early death in 1877 meant that the next phase of motive power design was the responsibility of William Dean, his assistant and successor. Dean went on to develop express 4-4-0
4-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...
types, but the familiar 4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
s of later years were initially introduced by the next engineer, George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward CBE was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922.-Early career:...
. He was also responsible for the introduction of self-propelled Steam Rail Motors
GWR steam rail motors
The steam rail motors were self-propelled carriages operated by the Great Western Railway in England and Wales from 1903 to 1935. They incorporated a steam locomotive within the body of the carriage.-History:...
for suburban and light branch line passenger trains. Next came Charles Collett
Charles Collett
Charles Benjamin Collett was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotives.-Career:...
in 1921; he standardised the many types of locomotives then in service, producing the iconic Castle
GWR 4073 Class
The GWR 4073 Class or Castle class locomotives are a group of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. They were originally designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working the company's express passenger trains.-History:A development of the earlier...
and King
GWR 6000 Class
The Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. With the exception of one Pacific , they were the largest locomotives the GWR built. They were named after kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the reigning...
s. He also introduced diesel power in the form of streamlined
Streamliner
A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance. The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor "bullet trains". Less commonly, the term is applied to fully faired recumbent bicycles...
rail cars
GWR railcars
In 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of what was to become a very successful series of railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s, when they were replaced with the new British Rail "first generation" type diesel multiple units....
in 1934. The final engineer was Frederick Hawksworth
Frederick Hawksworth
Frederick W. Hawksworth , was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway ....
who took control in 1941 and produced GWR-design locomotives until after nationalisation in 1948.
The GWR expanded rapidly from 1854 by amalgamating
Consolidation (business)
Consolidation or amalgamation is the act of merging many things into one. In business, it often refers to the mergers and acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group...
with other railways. In 1876 most of the remaining broad gauge companies became a part of the GWR. The Railways Act 1921
Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...
finally brought most of the remaining independent companies in the area under its control. Many early locomotives were replaced by standard GWR designs, but many others were rebuilt using standardised components.
Livery
For most of the period of its existence, the GWR painted its locomotives a middle chrome or "Brunswick" Green. They initially had Indian red frames but this was later changed to black. Name and numberplates were generally of polished brass with a black background, and chimneys often had copper rims or "caps".Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1835 - 1837)
The GWR's first locomotiveLocomotive
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 were specified by 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...
but did not prove too successful. In order to meet his demands some novel ideas were tried such as the Haigh Foundry's geared locomotives
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...
and TE Harrison's Hurricane
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...
and Thunderer
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...
which had the engine and boiler on separate chassis.
- Haigh Foundry 2-2-2sGWR Haigh Foundry locomotivesThe 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...
- Snake and Viper - R and W Hawthorn locomotives - HurricaneGWR Hurricane locomotiveHurricane 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...
and ThundererGWR Thunderer locomotiveThunderer 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... - Mather, Dixon 2-2-2sGWR Mather, Dixon locomotivesThe 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...
- Premier, Ajax, etc. - Sharp, Roberts 2-2-2sGWR Sharp, Roberts locomotivesThe 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....
- Atlas, Eagle, and Lion - Robert Stephenson locomotives - Morning Star and North Star
- Charles Tayleur 2-2-2sGWR Charles Tayleur locomotivesThe 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...
- Vulcan, Apollo, etc.
Daniel Gooch (1837 - 1864)
More conventional locomotives were soon ordered by Daniel GoochDaniel 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...
when he was appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. Following on from the Star Class
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...
that he ordered from Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :...
, he designed a series of standardised and successful locomotive types starting with the Firefly
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....
and Sun
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....
classes of passenger locomotives, and the Leo
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....
and Hercules
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...
classes for goods trains. By 1846 Swindon Works had been established and was able to build its own locomotives. The most familiar from this period are the Iron Duke Class
GWR Iron Duke Class
The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.-History:The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon converted to a 4-2-2 arrangement...
2-2-2
2-2-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle. The wheel arrangement both provided more stability and enabled a larger firebox...
s with their 8 feet (2.44 m) driving wheels, a type that operated express trains right up to the end of the broad gauge in 1892. Gooch further developed the broad gauge locomotive fleet, producing the first bogie tank
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...
design for the steep and curving South Devon lines in 1849, and condensing locomotives for the Metropolitan Railway
Metropolitan railway
Metropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway to be built in London...
in 1862. He produced over 100 Ariadne class
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....
goods locomotives to a standardised design at a time when most classes ran to only ten or twenty locomotives, and components he designed were often interchangeable between different classes.
With the acquisition of the northern standard gauge lines in 1854 came 56 locomotives, a second workshop at Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton railway works
Wolverhampton railway works was in the city of Wolverhampton in the county of Staffordshire, England. It was almost due north of the city centre, and is commemorated with a small display of level crossing gates and a plaque...
, and Joseph Armstrong
Joseph Armstrong (engineer)
Joseph Armstrong was a British locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway...
. Wolverhampton was responsible for maintaining standard gauge locomotives for many years, although 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...
did design some new locomotives that were built at Swindon and carried to Wolverhampton on special trucks. The first, the 57 class were 0-6-0
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
goods locomotives built in 1855. At the same time some 69 class passenger locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...
in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
so were able to be transported on their own wheels. By the time that Armstrong replaced Gooch at Swindon in 1864 many more locomotives had been acquired with the Birkenhead
Birkenhead Railway
The Birkenhead Railway was formed on 1 August 1859 as a result of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Railway merging with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. The new company was originally called the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, but in 1859 shortened its name to The...
and West Midland Railways.
- Ariadne classGWR Ariadne ClassThe 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....
0-6-0 - Banking classGWR Banking ClassThe 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....
0-6-0ST - Bogie classGWR Bogie ClassThe 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...
4-4-0ST - Caesar classGWR Caesar ClassThe 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....
0-6-0 - Caliph class 0-6-0
- Firefly classGWR Firefly ClassThe 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....
2-2-2 - Hercules classGWR Hercules ClassThe 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...
0-6-0 - Iron Duke classGWR Iron Duke ClassThe Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.-History:The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon converted to a 4-2-2 arrangement...
4-2-2 - Leo classGWR Leo ClassThe 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....
2-4-0 - Metropolitan classGWR Metropolitan ClassThe 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...
2-4-0T - Premier classGWR Premier ClassThe 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....
0-6-0 - Prince classGWR Prince ClassThe 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....
2-2-2 - Pyracmon classGWR Pyracmon ClassThe 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...
0-6-0 - Sir Watkin classGWR Sir Watkin ClassThe 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...
0-6-0T - Star ClassGWR Star ClassThe 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...
2-2-2 - Sun classGWR Sun ClassThe 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....
2-2-2 - Victoria classGWR Victoria ClassThe 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...
2-4-0 - Waverley classGWR Waverley ClassThe 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...
4-4-0
Standard gauge
- 131 Class 0-6-0
- 316 Class 0-6-0
Joseph Armstrong (Wolverhampton 1854 - 1864, Swindon 1864 - 1877)
In 1864 Gooch was succeeded by Joseph ArmstrongJoseph Armstrong (engineer)
Joseph Armstrong was a British locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway...
who brought his 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...
experience gained in the Northern Division to bear on the larger broad gauge locomotives. He designed the Hawthorn class
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....
of 2-4-0
2-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels....
and, in 1870, started the renewal of the Iron Dukes with more powerful boilers. The conversion of many broad gauge lines to standard gauge meant that this was a period of consolidation but in 1876 the amalgamation of the Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives
The Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives worked trains on the Bristol and Exeter Railway from 1 May 1849 until the railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876....
and South Devon Railway locomotives
South Devon Railway locomotives
South Devon Railway locomotives were broad gauge locomotives that operated over the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway, and West Cornwall Railway in England...
saw 180 locomotives added to the GWR's fleet. To replace some of these earlier locomotives, Armstrong put broad gauge wheels on his standard gauge 1076 Class
GWR 1076 Class
The 1076 Class were 266 double-framed 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one was withdrawn in 1946...
and from this time on GWR locomotives were given numbers rather than the names that had been carried by broad gauge locomotives up till then.
Armstrong developed the 2-2-2
2-2-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle. The wheel arrangement both provided more stability and enabled a larger firebox...
as his preferred express locomotive, producing 30 of the Sir Daniel class
GWR 378 Class
The GWR 378 Class was a class of 30 standard-gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives on the Great Western Railway in Britain. They were introduced in 1866, and the class remained intact until 1898...
from 1866 and 21 of the Queen class from 1873. Smaller 2-4-0
2-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels....
s, such as the 439 class
GWR 439 Class
The 439 Class, nicknamed the Bicycle class because of its unusual appearance, was a series of six 2-4-0 mixed-traffic engines designed by Joseph Armstrong for the Great Western Railway, and built at Swindon Works in 1868.-The locomotives:...
of 1868, worked slower passenger trains while 0-6-0
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
s, such as the 388 class
GWR 388 class
The GWR 388 class was a large class of 310 0-6-0 goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong Goods or Armstrong Standard Goods to differentiate from the Gooch Goods and Dean Goods classes, both of which were also large classes of standard...
, continued to operate freight trains. Tank locomotives were constructed to operate lighter trains and branch lines, the most familiar of which were the 1076 "Buffalo" class
GWR 1076 Class
The 1076 Class were 266 double-framed 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one was withdrawn in 1946...
0-6-0
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
STs (later 0-6-0PT), and the 455 "Metro" class
GWR 455 Class
The GWR 455 Class, also called the "Metropolitan" or "Metro" Tanks, was a series of 140 2-4-0T tank locomotives built for the Great Western Railway, originally for their London suburban services, including running on the underground section of the Metropolitan Railway, the source of their nickname....
2-4-0
2-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels....
Ts.
Broad gauge
- Hawthorn classGWR Hawthorn ClassThe 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....
2-4-0, later 2-4-0ST - Swindon classGWR Swindon ClassThe 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...
0-6-0 - Rover classGWR Iron Duke ClassThe Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.-History:The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon converted to a 4-2-2 arrangement...
4-2-2 - Standard goodsGWR 388 classThe GWR 388 class was a large class of 310 0-6-0 goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong Goods or Armstrong Standard Goods to differentiate from the Gooch Goods and Dean Goods classes, both of which were also large classes of standard...
0-6-0 - 1076 ClassGWR 1076 ClassThe 1076 Class were 266 double-framed 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one was withdrawn in 1946...
0-6-0ST
Standard gauge
- Queen/Sir Alexander ClassGWR Queen ClassThe Queen Class was Joseph Armstrong's last class of 2-2-2 express engine for the Great Western Railway, larger than the Sir Daniel Class of about a decade earlier...
2-2-2 - Sir Daniel ClassGWR 378 ClassThe GWR 378 Class was a class of 30 standard-gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives on the Great Western Railway in Britain. They were introduced in 1866, and the class remained intact until 1898...
2-2-2 - 7/8/30/32/110 Class 2-2-2
- 17 Class 2-4-0ST
- 56/717 ClassGWR 56 ClassThe 56 Class were 2-4-0 tender locomotives designed for the Great Western Railway by Joseph Armstrong and built at Swindon Works in 1871-2. There were 11 engines in the class, of which the prototype, No. 56 itself, was built in 1871; the remaining ten were numbered 717-726 and appeared the...
2-4-0 - 111 Class 2-4-0
- 302 Class 0-6-0ST
- 360 ClassGWR 360 ClassThe 360 Class was a small series of 0-6-0 freight locomotives designed for the Great Western Railway by Joseph Armstrong and built at Swindon Works in 1866. They were numbered 360-369, 1015 and 1001, and as built had slightly smaller boilers than the similar and much more numerous 388 Class which...
0-6-0 - 388 ClassGWR 388 classThe GWR 388 class was a large class of 310 0-6-0 goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong Goods or Armstrong Standard Goods to differentiate from the Gooch Goods and Dean Goods classes, both of which were also large classes of standard...
"Standard Goods" 0-6-0 - 439 "Bicycle" ClassGWR 439 ClassThe 439 Class, nicknamed the Bicycle class because of its unusual appearance, was a series of six 2-4-0 mixed-traffic engines designed by Joseph Armstrong for the Great Western Railway, and built at Swindon Works in 1868.-The locomotives:...
2-4-0 - 455 ClassGWR 455 ClassThe GWR 455 Class, also called the "Metropolitan" or "Metro" Tanks, was a series of 140 2-4-0T tank locomotives built for the Great Western Railway, originally for their London suburban services, including running on the underground section of the Metropolitan Railway, the source of their nickname....
2-4-0T - 481 ClassGWR 481 ClassThe 481s were a class of 20 2-4-0 mixed-traffic locomotives designed for the Great Western Railway by Joseph Armstrong and built at Swindon Works in 1869. They were similar in size to the 439 Class but differed in appearance, thanks to the flowing lines of their outside frame. The class was...
2-4-0 - 806 ClassGWR 806 ClassThe 806 Class was Joseph Armstrong's last design of 2-4-0 mixed-traffic locomotives for the Great Western Railway, built at Swindon Works in 1873. A further 20 locomotives were added by Armstrong's successor William Dean in 1881-2; numbered 2201-2220, these had modern domeless boilers...
2-4-0 - 927 ClassGWR 927 ClassThe 927 Class or Coal Goods was series of 20 0-6-0 freight engines designed by Joseph Armstrong for the Great Western Railway, and built at Swindon Works in 1874.-The locomotives:...
"Coal Goods" 0-6-0 - 1076 ClassGWR 1076 ClassThe 1076 Class were 266 double-framed 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one was withdrawn in 1946...
'Buffalo' 0-6-0ST
George Armstrong (Wolverhampton 1864 - 1897)
After his brother was promoted to Swindon, George ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong (engineer)
George Armstrong was in charge of standard gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway at Stafford Road Works, Wolverhampton from 1864 to 1897...
took his place at Wolverhampton and for the next 33 years continued to repair, rebuild and build standard-gauge locomotives in a spirit of independence from Swindon, just as Joseph had done during his own ten years at Wolverhampton. Most of the new locomotives built there were tank engines, some of them very long-lived; a few even survived the Second World War.
- 34 ClassGWR 34 ClassLocomotives Nos. 34 and 35 were a pair of Great Western Railway 0-6-0 locomotives built at Wolverhampton Works under George Armstrong in 1866 as reconstructions of old Shrewsbury & Chester Railway engines bearing the same numbers...
0-6-0 - 108 ClassGWR 108 ClassLocomotives no. 108 and 109 were a pair of Great Western Railway 2-4-0 locomotives built under the aegis of George Armstrong at Wolverhampton Works, probably in 1866-7, as replacements for locomotives of the same numbers inherited from the absorbed Birkenhead Railway. They had 5' diameter driving...
2-4-0 - 119 ClassGWR 119 Class (tank engine)The 119 Class of the Great Western Railway consisted of a series of 11 0-6-0 saddle tank engines. They were numbered 119-21 and 123-30 and had originally been built in 1861 at Swindon Works as tender engines to a design of Daniel Gooch, part of the 79 Class...
0-6-0ST - 322 ClassGWR 322 Class (tank engine)Six Great Western Railway outside-framed 0-6-0 locomotives, originally built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. as 322 class tender engines, were subsequently rebuilt in 1878-85 as saddle tank locomotives by George Armstrong at Wolverhampton Works. They were numbered in sequence as 322-327, No. 323 having...
0-6-0ST - 517 ClassGWR 517 ClassThe 517 Class were small 0-4-2T tank engines designed by George Armstrong for local passenger work on the Great Western Railway. They were built at Wolverhampton Works and were outshopped between 1868 and 1885. They were built in thirteen lots commencing with 517–528 and ending with 1477–1488 in...
0-4-2T - 633 ClassGWR 633 ClassClass 633 of the Great Western Railway consisted of ten 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by George Armstrong at the Wolverhampton works of the Great Western Railway in 1871-2. Unusually, they had side tanks, and inside frames, with wheels of 4'6 1/2" diameter and a wheelbase of 15'6". They were...
0-6-0T - 645 ClassGWR 645 ClassThe GWR 645 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway . Thirty-six were constructed between 1872-3, of which three were built for the South Wales Mineral Railway , two for the Carmarthen...
0-6-0ST - 655 ClassGWR 655 ClassClass 655 of the Great Western Railway was a class of 52 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the GWR's Wolverhampton Works. They were built in three lots between 1892 and 1897:* Nos. 655, 767 and 1741-1750...
0-6-0ST - 850 ClassGWR 850 ClassClass 850 of the Great Western Railway was an extensive class of small 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway between 1874 and 1895...
0-6-0ST - 1016 ClassGWR 1016 ClassThe 1016 Class consisted of sixty double-framed 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway between 1867 and 1871...
0-6-0ST - 1501 Class 0-6-0ST
- 1901 ClassGWR 1901 ClassThe GWR 1901 Class was a class of 120 small 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. Numbered 1901-2020, they were designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works, England, of the Great Western Railway between 1881 and 1895...
0-6-0ST
William Dean (1877 - 1902)
Joseph Armstrong's early death in 1877 meant that the final phase of broad gauge motive power was the responsibility of William Dean. He continued the Iron Duke renewal programme and added more convertibles, including some of Armstrong's 388 classGWR 388 class
The GWR 388 class was a large class of 310 0-6-0 goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong Goods or Armstrong Standard Goods to differentiate from the Gooch Goods and Dean Goods classes, both of which were also large classes of standard...
goods locomotives. He also developed some elegant express locomotives such as the 3031 Class singles
GWR 3031 Class
The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
. Following the abandonment of the broad gauge on 20 May 1892 the majority of the remaining 195 broad gauge locomotives were taken to "the dump" at Swindon. Most of the convertible locomotives were altered to run on the standard gauge over the following 18 months while the remainder were cut up.
Dean had worked under Armstrong on and off for 22 years before becoming his successor and he perpetuated his locomotive policy for some time. He later produced standardised 0-6-0 and 2-6-0
2-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul...
goods locomotives (the 2301
GWR 2301 Class
The Great Western Railway 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.Swindon railway works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean...
and 2600 "Aberdare"
GWR 2600 Class
The Great Western Railway 2600 Class or Aberdare Class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive built between 1900 and 1907. They were a freight version of the 3300 and 4120 classes designed for hauling coal trains between Aberdare and Swindon. The class began in 1900 with a prototype, No. 33,...
classes), and 0-6-0STs of various sizes (the 2021
GWR 2021 Class
The GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1905...
and 2721
GWR 2721 Class
The GWR 2721 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were designed by William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1901....
classes). For express trains he initially developed the 2-2-2 type, culminating with the elegant 3031 class
GWR 3031 Class
The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
. He later moved on to the 4-4-0
4-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...
type, producing the Badminton and Atbara
GWR 4100 Class
In 1897 the Great Western Railway introduced the Badminton class express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives as a development from the earlier Duke class...
classes with 80 inches (2.03 m) wheels, and the Duke
GWR 3252 Class
The Great Western Railway Duke Class 4-4-0 steam locomotives for passenger train work, built in five batches between 1895 and 1899 for express working in Devon and Cornwall. William Dean was their designer, possibly with the collaboration of his assistant, George Jackson Churchward...
and Bulldog
GWR 3300 Class
The Bulldog and Bird were classes of 4-4-0 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. These two classes were broadly similar, so are treated together here. Twenty locomotives were rebuilt from Duke Class locomotives; the rest were built new...
classes with 68 inches (1.73 m) wheels. For branch line and suburban trains he built 31 3600 class
GWR 3600 Class
The Great Western Railway 3600 Class was a class of 2-4-2T side tank steam locomotive, designed by William Dean and built at Swindon in three lots in 1900-1903:* 3600 * 3601-3620 * 3621-3630...
2-4-2
2-4-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
T locomotives.
Broad gauge
- No.s 8, 14, 16GWR Dean experimental locomotivesDuring the 1880s William Dean constructed a series of experimental locomotives to test various new ideas in locomotive construction for the Great Western Railway.-No. 1:...
2-4-0 - 3001 classGWR 3001 ClassThe 3001 Class as constructed by William Dean at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway in 1891-2 was the culmination of the tradition of GWR 2-2-2 locomotives that had begun with Gooch's North Star over 50 years earlier...
2-2-2 - 3501 classGWR 3501 classThe GWR 3501 Class were ten broad gauge 2-4-0 locomotives built by the Great Western Railway.They were built in 1885 as 2-4-0T tank locomotives, but five were rebuilt in 1890 as 2-4-0 tender locomotives for working express trains between Exeter and Plymouth...
2-4-0T - 3521 classGWR 3521 ClassThe 3521 Class were forty tank locomotives designed by William Dean to haul passenger trains on the Great Western Railway. They were introduced as 0-4-2T locomotives in 1887, but were quickly altered to become 0-4-4Ts to improve their running...
0-4-2ST, later 0-4-4T
Standard gauge
The majority of saddle tanks were rebuilt with pannier tanks from 1902 onwards.
- No. 1 4-4-0T later 2-4-0T
- Nos. 7, 8, 14, 16 experimental 2-4-0, later4-4-0
- No. 13 2-4-2T, later 4-4-0ST
- Nos. 17-19 0-6-4 crane tanks
- No. 36GWR No. 36Great Western Railway No. 36 was a prototype 4-6-0 steam locomotive constructed at Swindon Works in 1896, the first 4-6-0 ever built for the GWR and one of the first in Britain. It was designed by William Dean and le Fleming comments that "the design is unusual and entirely Dean of the later...
4-6-0 - No. 45 0-4-0ST
- River (69)GWR River ClassThe 69 Class designed by William Dean for the Great Western Railway consisted of eight 2-4-0 tender locomotives, constructed at Swindon Works in 1895-7...
2-4-0 - Sharpies/cobham (157)GWR 157 Class (Dean)The 157 Class of 2-2-2 steam locomotives designed in 1878-9 by William Dean was originally regarded as a reconstruction or renewal of Joseph Armstrong's own 157 Class of 1862. But, as was often the case, these Dean engines were new, and had more in common with Armstrong's more recent, and larger,...
2-4-0 - 1661 ClassGWR 1661 ClassThe 1661 Class was William Dean's second design of tank locomotive for England's Great Western Railway. Like the 1813 Class which preceded them, there were 40 1661s, turned out at Swindon in two batches:* Nos. 1661-1680 * Nos...
0-6-0ST - 1813 ClassGWR 1813 ClassThe Great Western Railway's 1813 Class was a series of 40 0-6-0 side-tank engines built at Swindon Works in two lots of 20 engines each:* Nos. 1813-1832 * Nos...
0-6-0ST - 1854 ClassGWR 1854 ClassGWR 1854 is a class of tank locomotive designed by William Dean and constructed at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway. The class used similar inside frames and chassis dimensions to the 1813 Class of 1882-4. In this they differed from the intervening 1661 Class, which had reverted to...
0-6-0ST - 2021 ClassGWR 2021 ClassThe GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1905...
0-6-0ST - 2201 ClassGWR 2201 ClassThe GWR 2201 Class was a class of standard gauge 2-4-0 steam locomotive built at Swindon Works under the aegis of William Dean for express passenger service on the Great Western Railway. Built in 1881-2, they were numbered 2201-2220 and were in essentials a continuation of Joseph Armstrong's 806...
2-4-0 - 2301 ClassGWR 2301 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.Swindon railway works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean...
'Dean goods' 0-6-0 - 2361 ClassGWR 2361 ClassThe 2361 Class is a class of steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway.It is sometimes described, erroneously, as the "outside-framed version of the Dean Goods"...
0-6-0 - 2600 ClassGWR 2600 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2600 Class or Aberdare Class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive built between 1900 and 1907. They were a freight version of the 3300 and 4120 classes designed for hauling coal trains between Aberdare and Swindon. The class began in 1900 with a prototype, No. 33,...
'Aberdare' 2-6-0 - 2721 ClassGWR 2721 ClassThe GWR 2721 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were designed by William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1901....
0-6-0ST - 3001 ClassGWR 3001 ClassThe 3001 Class as constructed by William Dean at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway in 1891-2 was the culmination of the tradition of GWR 2-2-2 locomotives that had begun with Gooch's North Star over 50 years earlier...
2-2-2, later 4-2-2 - 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
4-2-2 - 3201 ClassGWR 3201 ClassThe 3201 or Stella Class was a class of standard gauge 2-4-0 steam locomotive designed by William Dean and built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1884/5. They were part of an interesting standardisation scheme of Dean's, whereby he designed four classes with similar boilers, double...
2-4-0 - 3206 ClassGWR 3206 ClassThe 3206 or Barnum Class consisted of 20 locomotives built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1889, and was William Dean's most successful 2-4-0 design. Numbered 3206-3225, they were the last GWR locos built with "sandwich" frames...
'Barnum' 2-4-0 - 3226 Class 2-4-0
- 3232 ClassGWR 3232 ClassThe 3232 Class, 20 2-4-0 locomotives designed by William Dean and built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1892-3, were the GWR's last completely new 2-4-0 design. Their number series was 3232-3251, and they resembled Dean's own 2201 Class and thus also Armstrong's 806 Class, though...
2-4-0 - 3252 ClassGWR 3252 ClassThe Great Western Railway Duke Class 4-4-0 steam locomotives for passenger train work, built in five batches between 1895 and 1899 for express working in Devon and Cornwall. William Dean was their designer, possibly with the collaboration of his assistant, George Jackson Churchward...
'Duke' and 'Bird' 4-4-0 - 3300 ClassGWR 3300 ClassThe Bulldog and Bird were classes of 4-4-0 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. These two classes were broadly similar, so are treated together here. Twenty locomotives were rebuilt from Duke Class locomotives; the rest were built new...
'Bulldog' 4-4-0 - 3501 ClassGWR 3501 classThe GWR 3501 Class were ten broad gauge 2-4-0 locomotives built by the Great Western Railway.They were built in 1885 as 2-4-0T tank locomotives, but five were rebuilt in 1890 as 2-4-0 tender locomotives for working express trains between Exeter and Plymouth...
ex-broad gauge 2-4-0T - 3521 ClassGWR 3521 ClassThe 3521 Class were forty tank locomotives designed by William Dean to haul passenger trains on the Great Western Railway. They were introduced as 0-4-2T locomotives in 1887, but were quickly altered to become 0-4-4Ts to improve their running...
0-4-2T, later 0-4-4T then 4-4-0 (some tank locomotives ex-broad gauge) - 3571 ClassGWR 3571 classThe 3571 Class was a class of ten 0-4-2T tank engines designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway in 1895-7. The 3571s, numbered 3571-3580 and built as Lot No. C3, were in essence a continuation, and conclusion, of the series of 517 Class built...
0-4-2T - 3600 ClassGWR 3600 ClassThe Great Western Railway 3600 Class was a class of 2-4-2T side tank steam locomotive, designed by William Dean and built at Swindon in three lots in 1900-1903:* 3600 * 3601-3620 * 3621-3630...
2-4-2T - 4100 ClassGWR 4100 ClassIn 1897 the Great Western Railway introduced the Badminton class express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives as a development from the earlier Duke class...
'Badminton', 'Atbara', and 'Flower' 4-4-0 - 4120 Class 'Atbara' 4-4-0
- 4149 ClassGWR 4100 ClassIn 1897 the Great Western Railway introduced the Badminton class express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives as a development from the earlier Duke class...
'Flower' 4-4-0
George Jackson Churchward (1902-1922)
George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward CBE was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922.-Early career:...
started his railway career in the South Devon Railway
South Devon Railway Company
The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a broad gauge railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel-Chronology:* 1844 South Devon Railway Act passed by parliament...
locomotive workshops at Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot railway station
Newton Abbot railway station serves the town of Newton Abbot in Devon, England. It is from London on the Exeter to Plymouth line via the Reading to Taunton line, at the junction for the branch to . For many years it was also the junction for Moretonhampstead and the site of a large locomotive...
. After that company became a part of the GWR in 1876 he was sent to Swindon and worked under Armstrong and Dean. After his appointment as Locomotive Superintendent in 1902 he developed a series of standard locomotive types with flat-topped Belpaire firebox
Belpaire firebox
The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. It was invented by Alfred Belpaire of Belgium. It has a greater surface area at the top of the firebox, improving heat transfer and steam production...
es, tapered boiler
Boiler
A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications.-Materials:...
s, long smokebox
Smokebox
A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a Steam locomotive exhaust system. Smoke and hot gases pass from the firebox through tubes where they pass heat to the surrounding water in the boiler. The smoke then enters the smokebox, and is exhausted to the atmosphere through the chimney .To assist...
es, boiler top feeds, long-lap long-travel valve gear
Valve gear
The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle...
, and many standardised parts such as wheels, cylinders and connecting rods.
For express passenger trains he quickly turned out the City class
GWR 3700 Class
The Great Western Railway 3700 Class, or City Class, locomotives were a series of twenty 4-4-0 steam locomotives, designed for hauling express passenger trains.-Construction:...
of 4-4-0
4-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...
s, the first taking to the rails in 1903. The following year one of these, 3717 City of Truro, was reputedly the first locomotive in the world to exceed 100 mph. A larger 4-4-0 was produced in 1904 in the form of the County class
GWR 3800 Class
The Great Western Railway County Class were a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger train work introduced in 1904 in a batch of ten...
, but further increases in size demanded more wheels.
Experiments had already been made for a 4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
design while Dean was still in charge, and these continued under Churchward; the first 4-6-0, number 100, appeared in 1902 as the initial prototype of what became the Saint class
GWR 2900 Class
The Great Western Railway 2900 or Saint Class were a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives for passenger train work. Number 2925 Saint Martin was later rebuilt as the prototype Hall Class locomotive, and renumbered 4900.-Prototypes:...
. One locomotive was converted to a 4-4-2
4-4-2 (locomotive)
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
for direct trials against French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
designs that he tried on the GWR in 1903. These experiments moved the GWR towards using four cylinders and they even tried a 4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
, 111 The Great Bear
GWR 111 The Great Bear
The Great Bear, number 111, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive used on a railway in Great Britain, and the only one of that type ever built by the GWR.- History and operation :...
which was the first locomotive of this type in the United Kingdom. Production 4-6-0s appeared in 1905 as the two-cylinder Saint class, and were followed in 1906 by the four-cylinder Star class
GWR 4000 Class
A Star class locomotive was a particular type of steam locomotive of the Great Western Railway. The prototype was an experimental locomotive, North Star , constructed with the 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 wheel arrangement for comparative trials with 4-cylinder compound locomotives of the de Glehn type that...
. A freight version of the Saint, the 2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
2800 class
GWR 2800 Class
The Great Western Railway 2800 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by G.J. Churchward for heavy freight work. They were the first 2-8-0 class in Great Britain....
was introduced in 1903. For lighter trains a series of 2-6-0
2-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul...
s were turned out in 1911, the 4300 class
GWR 4300 Class
The Great Western Railway 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive.- Overview :The class was introduced in 1911 to a G.J. Churchward design. 342 were built until 1932...
, which were to become the most numerous GWR tender locomotives. In 1919 this design was enlarged to become the 4700 class
GWR 4700 Class
The Great Western Railway 4700 Class was a class of nine 2-8-0 steam locomotives, numbered 4700 through 4708. They were the final locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward and were introduced in 1919–1921 for fast goods work...
2-8-0s.
Churchward's standardisation aims meant that a number of tank locomotives were produced that were based on these tender locomotives. The 2221 class
GWR 2221 Class
The Great Western Railway 2221 Class or County Tank was a class of 4-4-2T steam locomotive, effectively a tank engine version of the 3800 "County" Class. Despite the obvious similarities, the two classes nevertheless had different boilers, standard no 4 for the tender locomotive, and the smaller ...
of 1905 were a 4-4-2 tank version of the County class, indeed they were known as the "County Tanks". These were then developed into a 2-6-2
2-6-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
T design, being produced as the 3100 class
GWR 3100 Class
The Great Western Railway 3100 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive. This was developed from one of George Jackson Churchward's pioneer designs; the experimental No 99...
in 1903 and the 3150 class
GWR 3150 Class
The Great Western Railway 3150 Class is a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive. Subclass of the large prairies and were heavy suburban passenger traffic engines.-External links:* *...
three years later. Smaller 2-6-2Ts, the 4400 class
GWR 4400 Class
The Great Western Railway 4400 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive. They were introduced in 1904 for work on small branch lines.- External links :*...
were introduced in 1904 and were succeeded by the slightly larger 4500 class
GWR 4500 Class
The Great Western Railway 4500 Class or Small Prairie is a class of steam locomotive. They are 2-6-2T type. A total of 75 were built; 55 were built in four batches between 1906 and 1915. A fifth batch of 20 locos was built in 1924, during Collett's tenure at Swindon. The first two batches were...
in 1906. Two very different freight tank locomotive types appeared in 1910. The 4200 class
GWR 4200 Class
The Great Western Railway 4200 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives. They were designed for short-haul coal trips from coal mines to ports in South Wales. The principal role of the class was working the 1000+ ton coal trains up through the Welsh valleys. A job which needed much tractive...
was a tank version of the 2800 class, but a demand for small locomotives for working on dock and branch lines was met by the 1361 class
GWR 1361 Class
The 1361 Class were small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon railway works, England, mainly for shunting in docks and other sidings where track curvature was too tight for large locomotives.-History:...
, a new design based on the old Cornwall Minerals Railway
Cornwall Minerals Railway
The Cornwall Minerals Railway operated a network of railway lines in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Based at St Blazey, its network stretched from Fowey to Newquay and lasted as an independent company from 1874 to 1896, after which it became a part of the Great Western Railway.-Authorisation:The...
0-6-0ST design but using as many of Churchward's standard parts as possible.
Other innovations during Churchward's office included the introduction of self-propelled Steam Rail Motors
GWR steam rail motors
The steam rail motors were self-propelled carriages operated by the Great Western Railway in England and Wales from 1903 to 1935. They incorporated a steam locomotive within the body of the carriage.-History:...
for suburban and light branch line passenger trains. From 1915 his post was renamed that of the 'Chief Mechanical Engineer'. He also remodelled Swindon Works, building the 1.4 acre (0.5665604 ha) boiler-erecting shops and the first static locomotive-testing plant in the United Kingdom.
- The Great BearGWR 111 The Great BearThe Great Bear, number 111, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive used on a railway in Great Britain, and the only one of that type ever built by the GWR.- History and operation :...
(4-6-24-6-24-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...
): 111 - 1361 ClassGWR 1361 ClassThe 1361 Class were small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon railway works, England, mainly for shunting in docks and other sidings where track curvature was too tight for large locomotives.-History:...
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
ST): 1361–1365 - County Tank ClassGWR 2221 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2221 Class or County Tank was a class of 4-4-2T steam locomotive, effectively a tank engine version of the 3800 "County" Class. Despite the obvious similarities, the two classes nevertheless had different boilers, standard no 4 for the tender locomotive, and the smaller ...
(4-4-2T): 2221–2250 - 2800 ClassGWR 2800 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2800 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by G.J. Churchward for heavy freight work. They were the first 2-8-0 class in Great Britain....
(2-8-02-8-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
): 2800–2883 - Saint ClassGWR 2900 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2900 or Saint Class were a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives for passenger train work. Number 2925 Saint Martin was later rebuilt as the prototype Hall Class locomotive, and renumbered 4900.-Prototypes:...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 2900–2998 (with gaps) - 3100 ClassGWR 3100 ClassThe Great Western Railway 3100 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive. This was developed from one of George Jackson Churchward's pioneer designs; the experimental No 99...
(2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 31xx, 61xx, 81xx - City ClassGWR 3700 ClassThe Great Western Railway 3700 Class, or City Class, locomotives were a series of twenty 4-4-0 steam locomotives, designed for hauling express passenger trains.-Construction:...
(4-4-04-4-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...
): 3700–3719 - County ClassGWR 3800 ClassThe Great Western Railway County Class were a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger train work introduced in 1904 in a batch of ten...
(4-4-04-4-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...
): 3800–3839 - Star ClassGWR 4000 ClassA Star class locomotive was a particular type of steam locomotive of the Great Western Railway. The prototype was an experimental locomotive, North Star , constructed with the 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 wheel arrangement for comparative trials with 4-cylinder compound locomotives of the de Glehn type that...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 4000–4072 - 4200 ClassGWR 4200 ClassThe Great Western Railway 4200 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives. They were designed for short-haul coal trips from coal mines to ports in South Wales. The principal role of the class was working the 1000+ ton coal trains up through the Welsh valleys. A job which needed much tractive...
(2-8-02-8-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 4200–4299, 5200–5204 - 4300 ClassGWR 4300 ClassThe Great Western Railway 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive.- Overview :The class was introduced in 1911 to a G.J. Churchward design. 342 were built until 1932...
(2-6-02-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul...
): 43xx, 53xx, 63xx, 73xx, 93xx - 4400 ClassGWR 4400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 4400 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive. They were introduced in 1904 for work on small branch lines.- External links :*...
(2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 4400–4410 - 4500 ClassGWR 4500 ClassThe Great Western Railway 4500 Class or Small Prairie is a class of steam locomotive. They are 2-6-2T type. A total of 75 were built; 55 were built in four batches between 1906 and 1915. A fifth batch of 20 locos was built in 1924, during Collett's tenure at Swindon. The first two batches were...
(2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 4500–4574 - 4700 ClassGWR 4700 ClassThe Great Western Railway 4700 Class was a class of nine 2-8-0 steam locomotives, numbered 4700 through 4708. They were the final locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward and were introduced in 1919–1921 for fast goods work...
(2-8-02-8-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
): 4700–4708 - Steam railmotors
Charles Collett (1922-1941)
Charles CollettCharles Collett
Charles Benjamin Collett was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotives.-Career:...
became the Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1921. Almost straight away he had to take on all the locomotives of myriad types from the railways absorbed in 1922 and 1923. Many of these were 'Swindonised', that is they were rebuilt using standard GWR parts. He also set about designing many new types to replace the older examples. Many of the most familiar GWR tank locomotive classes were designed during this period: the 1400 class
GWR 1400 Class
The GWR 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by the Great Western Railway for branch line passenger work. It was originally classified as the 4800 Class when introduced in 1932, and renumbered in 1946....
for small branch lines and auto trains; the 4575 class
GWR 4575 Class
The Great Western Railway 4575 Class is a class of steam locomotive. They are 2-6-2T Small Prairie type based on the 4500 Class but with larger side tanks...
(a development of the 4500 class with larger tanks) and the large 6100 class
GWR 6100 Class
The GWR 6100 Class is a class of prairie tank locomotives, designed by Charles Collett, and of the 2-6-2T arrangement.They were introduced in 1931 and were a straightforward development of the earlier 5101 class with little more than an increased boiler pressure of to distinguish them from their...
2-6-2Ts; the massive 7200 class
GWR 7200 Class
The Great Western Railway 7200 Class is a class of 2-8-2T steam locomotive. They were the largest tank engines to run in Great Britain....
of rebuilt 4200 class 2-8-2Ts; and the iconic pannier tanks of the 5700 class
GWR 5700 Class
The Great Western Railway 5700 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950. 863 were built, making them the second most-produced British class of steam locomotive.- Overview :...
, the first of which appeared in 1929.
Collett further developed the 4-6-0 type as the ideal GWR express locomotive, extending the Stars into Castles
GWR 4073 Class
The GWR 4073 Class or Castle class locomotives are a group of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. They were originally designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working the company's express passenger trains.-History:A development of the earlier...
in 1923, and then producing the largest of them all, the four-cylinder King class
GWR 6000 Class
The Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. With the exception of one Pacific , they were the largest locomotives the GWR built. They were named after kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the reigning...
, in 1927. He also produced slightly smaller types for mixed traffic (either passenger and goods) duties, the Hall class
GWR 4900 Class
The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on design features...
in 1928, the Grange class
GWR 6800 Class
The Great Western Railway 6800 Class or Grange Class was a mixed traffic class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. There were 80 in the class, all built at the Swindon works.-History:The GWR locomotive standardisation policy pursued by G.J...
in 1934, and the Manor class
GWR 7800 Class
The Great Western Railway 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were designed as a lighter version of the GWR Grange Class, giving them a wider Route Availability. Like the 'Granges', the 'Manors' used parts from the GWR 4300 Class Moguls but just on the first batch...
in 1934. All these continued to carry appropriate names. For lighter goods services he produced his own standard 0-6-0, the 2251 class
GWR 2251 Class
The Great Western Railway 2251 Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotive designed for medium-powered freight. They were introduced in 1930 as a replacement for the earlier Dean Goods 0-6-0s and built up to 1948.- Overview :...
.
It was under Collett's control that diesel power was first appeared on the GWR. He introduced the first streamlined
Streamliner
A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance. The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor "bullet trains". Less commonly, the term is applied to fully faired recumbent bicycles...
rail cars
GWR railcars
In 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of what was to become a very successful series of railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s, when they were replaced with the new British Rail "first generation" type diesel multiple units....
in 1934 and by 1942 38 had been built, although the latter ones had more angular styling. Some were configured for long distance express services with buffet counters, others for branch line or parcels work, and some were designed as two-car sets.
- 1101 ClassGWR 1101 ClassThe GWR 1101 Class was a class of 0-4-0T side tank steam locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company to the order of the Great Western Railway in 1926 for dock shunting. They passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and were numbered 1101–1106. All were withdrawn in 1959–1960 and none...
(0-4-00-4-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 1101–1106 - 1366 ClassGWR 1366 ClassThe Great Western Railway 1366 Class was a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive built in 1934.-History and development:The 1366 class was one of only two pannier tank designs built by the GWR that utilised outside cylinders, although various existing engines inherited by the GWR had...
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 1366–1371 - 1400 ClassGWR 1400 ClassThe GWR 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by the Great Western Railway for branch line passenger work. It was originally classified as the 4800 Class when introduced in 1932, and renumbered in 1946....
(0-4-20-4-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement with no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 1400–1474 (renumbered 1946 from corresponding numbers in 48xx group – below) - 2251 ClassGWR 2251 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2251 Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotive designed for medium-powered freight. They were introduced in 1930 as a replacement for the earlier Dean Goods 0-6-0s and built up to 1948.- Overview :...
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
): 2200–2299, 3200–3219 - 2884 ClassGWR 2884 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2884 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight work. They were a development of the earlier 2800 Class. The 2884s differed from the original engines in a number of respects, the most obvious being that a more modern Collett side window cab was...
(2-8-02-8-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
): 2884–2899, 3800–386400 - 3150 ClassGWR 3100 ClassThe Great Western Railway 3100 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive. This was developed from one of George Jackson Churchward's pioneer designs; the experimental No 99...
(2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 3150–3190 - Earl ClassGWR 3200 ClassThe Great Western Railway 3200 Class was a design of 4-4-0 steam locomotive for passenger train work. The nickname for this class was Dukedog since the locomotives were composed of former Duke Class boilers on Bulldog Class frames...
(4-4-04-4-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...
): 3200–3228, 3265 (later 9000–9028, 9065) - Castle ClassGWR 4073 ClassThe GWR 4073 Class or Castle class locomotives are a group of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. They were originally designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working the company's express passenger trains.-History:A development of the earlier...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 4073–4099, 5000–5099, 7000–7037 - 4575 ClassGWR 4575 ClassThe Great Western Railway 4575 Class is a class of steam locomotive. They are 2-6-2T Small Prairie type based on the 4500 Class but with larger side tanks...
(2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 4575–4599, 5500–5574 - 4800 ClassGWR 1400 ClassThe GWR 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by the Great Western Railway for branch line passenger work. It was originally classified as the 4800 Class when introduced in 1932, and renumbered in 1946....
(0-4-20-4-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement with no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 4800–4874 (later 1400–1474) - Hall ClassGWR 4900 ClassThe Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on design features...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 4900–4999, 5900–5999, 6900–6958 - 5101 ClassGWR 5101 ClassThe GWR 5101 Class or Large Prairie was a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. They were medium-sized tank engines used for suburban and local passenger services all over the Great Western Railway system...
(2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 5101–5199, 4100–4179 - 5205 ClassGWR 5205 ClassThe Great Western Railway 5205 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives. They were designed for short-haul coal trips from coal mines to ports in South Wales....
(2-8-02-8-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 5205–5264 - 5400 ClassGWR 5400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 5400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. They were similar in appearance to many other GWR tank engines but smaller than the ubiquitous GWR 5700 Class....
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 5400–5424 - 5600 ClassGWR 5600 ClassThe GWR 5600 Class is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive built between 1924 and 1928. They were designed by C.B Collett for the Great Western Railway , and were introduced into traffic in 1924. Two hundred locomotives were built and remained in service until withdrawn by British Railways between...
(0-6-20-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 5600–5699, 6600–6699 - 5700 ClassGWR 5700 ClassThe Great Western Railway 5700 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950. 863 were built, making them the second most-produced British class of steam locomotive.- Overview :...
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 57xx, 67xx, 77xx, 87xx, 97xx, 36xx, 37xx, 46xx, 96xx - 5800 ClassGWR 5800 ClassThe Great Western Railway 5800 Class was a twenty-strong class of 0-4-2T side tank steam locomotive. These were introduced in 1933 for light branch work. They were similar to the GWR 1400 Class but were not equipped for working autotrains. The entire class was scrapped.-Model form:A 5-inch gauge...
(0-4-20-4-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement with no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 5800–5819 - King ClassGWR 6000 ClassThe Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. With the exception of one Pacific , they were the largest locomotives the GWR built. They were named after kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the reigning...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 6000–6029 - 6100 ClassGWR 6100 ClassThe GWR 6100 Class is a class of prairie tank locomotives, designed by Charles Collett, and of the 2-6-2T arrangement.They were introduced in 1931 and were a straightforward development of the earlier 5101 class with little more than an increased boiler pressure of to distinguish them from their...
(2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 6100–6169 - 6400 ClassGWR 6400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 6400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive introduced by Charles Collett in 1932. All 40 examples were 'auto-fitted' – equipped with the remote-control equipment needed for working autotrains....
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 6400–6439 - Grange ClassGWR 6800 ClassThe Great Western Railway 6800 Class or Grange Class was a mixed traffic class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. There were 80 in the class, all built at the Swindon works.-History:The GWR locomotive standardisation policy pursued by G.J...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
):6800–6879 - 7200 ClassGWR 7200 ClassThe Great Western Railway 7200 Class is a class of 2-8-2T steam locomotive. They were the largest tank engines to run in Great Britain....
(2-8-22-8-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 7200–7253 - 7400 Class (0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 7400–7449 - Manor ClassGWR 7800 ClassThe Great Western Railway 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were designed as a lighter version of the GWR Grange Class, giving them a wider Route Availability. Like the 'Granges', the 'Manors' used parts from the GWR 4300 Class Moguls but just on the first batch...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 7800–7829 - 8100 Class (2-6-22-6-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...
TTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
): 8100–8109 - GWR diesel shuntersGWR diesel shuntersThe Great Western Railway purchased two diesel shunters, and ordered a further seven immediately prior to Nationalisation, which were delivered to British Rail in 1948-49. The two shunters used by the GWR were numbered 1 and 2, while a series commencing at 501 was planned for the new locomotives...
: Diesel shunters 1 and 2 - GWR railcarsGWR railcarsIn 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of what was to become a very successful series of railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s, when they were replaced with the new British Rail "first generation" type diesel multiple units....
: Diesel railcars 1–38
Frederick Hawksworth (1941-1949)
Frederick HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth
Frederick W. Hawksworth , was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway ....
only became the Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1941 and the Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
meant that his new designs were few. He updated Collett's Hall class to produce the GWR 6959 Class
GWR 6959 Class
The Great Western Railway 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles Collett's earlier Hall Class....
, known as "Modified Halls", and produced the last GWR 2-cylinder 4-6-0s, the County class
GWR 1000 Class
The Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. Thirty were built between 1945 and 1947, but all were withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s. A replica locomotive is under construction.-Overview:...
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
, which ended a tradition that had begun with the Saint class 42 years before. Their boilers were based on those of the LMS Stanier Class 8F
LMS Stanier Class 8F
The London Midland and Scottish Railway's 8F class 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy freight...
2-8-0, a number of which had been built at Swindon during the War. Other designs included three designs of 0-6-0PT: the taper boilered 9400 class
GWR 9400 Class
The Great Western Railway 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties.The first ten 9400s were the last steam engines built by the GWR. After nationalisation in 1948, another 200 were built by private contractors for British Railways...
; the 1500 class
GWR 1500 Class
The Great Western Railway 1500 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. Despite being a GWR design, all ten were built by the Western Region of British Railways in 1949.-Overview:...
with outside Walschaerts valve gear and no running plate designed for pilot work around large stations; and the very light 1600 Class
GWR 1600 Class
The Great Western Railway 1600 class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive.-History:The class was based on the 2021 class designed by Dean and built from 1897 onwards...
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- County ClassGWR 1000 ClassThe Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. Thirty were built between 1945 and 1947, but all were withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s. A replica locomotive is under construction.-Overview:...
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 1000–1029 - 1500 ClassGWR 1500 ClassThe Great Western Railway 1500 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. Despite being a GWR design, all ten were built by the Western Region of British Railways in 1949.-Overview:...
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 1500–1509 - 1600 ClassGWR 1600 ClassThe Great Western Railway 1600 class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive.-History:The class was based on the 2021 class designed by Dean and built from 1897 onwards...
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 1600–1669 - Modified Hall ClassGWR 6959 ClassThe Great Western Railway 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles Collett's earlier Hall Class....
(4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
): 6959–6999, 7900–7929 - 9400 ClassGWR 9400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties.The first ten 9400s were the last steam engines built by the GWR. After nationalisation in 1948, another 200 were built by private contractors for British Railways...
(0-6-00-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
PT): 9400–9499, 8400–8499, 3400–3409 - GWR diesel shuntersGWR diesel shuntersThe Great Western Railway purchased two diesel shunters, and ordered a further seven immediately prior to Nationalisation, which were delivered to British Rail in 1948-49. The two shunters used by the GWR were numbered 1 and 2, while a series commencing at 501 was planned for the new locomotives...
: Diesel shunters 501-507 (Introduced as BR 15101-15107) - GWR Gas turbine-electric locomotiveGas turbine-electric locomotiveA gas turbine - electric locomotive, or GTEL, is a locomotive that uses a gas turbine to drive an electric generator or alternator. The electric current thus produced is used to power traction motors. This type of locomotive was first experimented with during the Second World War, but reached its...
s, introduced as British Rail 18000British Rail 18000British Rail 18000 was a prototype mainline gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown, Boveri & Cie. It had, however, been ordered by the Great Western Railway in 1946, but construction was delayed due to World War II...
and British Rail 18100British Rail 18100British Rail 18100 was a prototype main line gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1951 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Manchester. It had, however, been ordered by the Great Western Railway in the 1940s, but construction was delayed due to World War II...
Bristol and Exeter RailwayBristol and Exeter RailwayThe Bristol & Exeter Railway was a railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.The company's head office was situated outside their Bristol station...
Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotivesBristol and Exeter Railway locomotives
The Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives worked trains on the Bristol and Exeter Railway from 1 May 1849 until the railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876....
were absorbed on 1 January 1876. The 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 :...
locomotives were numbered in the series 2001 to 2095; the 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...
locomotives were numbered in the series 1353 - 1382.
- 1353 - 1382 standard gauge locomotives
- 2001 - 2004 Broad gauge 8 feet 10 inch 4-2-4T
- 2005 - 2006 Broad gauge 8 feet 10 inch 4-2-4T
- 2007 - 2014 Broad gauge 4-2-2Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotivesThe 20 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives were broad gauge 4-2-2 express steam locomotives built for the Bristol and Exeter Railway by the Stothert and Slaughter in Bristol. The first entered service in 1849...
- 2015 - 2024 Broad gauge 2-4-0
- 2025 - 2027 Convertible 2-4-0
- 2028 - 2053 Broad gauge 4-4-0STBristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0T locomotivesThe 26 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives were broad gauge 4-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They first entered service in 1855 and the last was withdrawn in 1892...
- 2054 - 2057 Broad gauge 2-2-2TBristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotivesThe seven Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives were small 2-2-2 well tank locomotives designed by James Pearson for working branch lines such as those to Tiverton and Clevedon...
- 2058 ex-South Wales Mineral Railway broad gauge 0-4-2T
- 2059 - 2076 Broad gauge 0-6-0Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotivesThe Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotives include three different types of broad gauge and standard gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for working freight trains...
- 2077 - 2090 ex-GWR Swindon ClassGWR Swindon ClassThe 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...
0-6-0 - 2091 Broad gauge 0-6-0TBristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0T locomotivesThe Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0T locomotives were two different types of 0-6-0T locomotives built for the Bristol and Exeter Railway. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.-Broad...
- 2092 - 2093 Broad gauge 0-6-0ST
- 2094 - 2095 Broad gauge 0-4-0TBristol and Exeter Railway 0-4-0T locomotivesThe Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-4-0T locomotives were two small 0-4-0T locomotives built for shunting by the Bristol and Exeter Railway. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.* 91 GWR No....
Bristol Port Railway & Pier
Jointly vested with the Midland RailwayMidland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
from 1 September 1890.
Opened on 6 March 1865, the line was worked by the contractor Waring Bros until 1869 when the company was left to make its own arrangements. Two locomotives were owned by the company but never taken into stock of either the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
or the Midland Railway. They were 0-4-2Ts which appear to have been rebuilt from ex-London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
tender engines.
Carmarthen and Cardigan RailwayCarmarthen and Cardigan RailwayThe 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...
Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western RailwayGreat 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...
on 1 July 1881.
Three locomotives (+ 1)
- 1 645 ClassGWR 645 ClassThe GWR 645 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway . Thirty-six were constructed between 1872-3, of which three were built for the South Wales Mineral Railway , two for the Carmarthen...
0-6-0ST/0-6-0PT, WPN No 196, GWR No (1881) 902, bought November 1872 - 2 645 ClassGWR 645 ClassThe GWR 645 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway . Thirty-six were constructed between 1872-3, of which three were built for the South Wales Mineral Railway , two for the Carmarthen...
0-6-0ST/0-6-0PT, WPN No 194, GWR No (1881) 903, bought October 1872 - 3 645 ClassGWR 645 ClassThe GWR 645 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway . Thirty-six were constructed between 1872-3, of which three were built for the South Wales Mineral Railway , two for the Carmarthen...
0-6-0ST/0-6-0PT, WPN No 189, GWR No (1881) 904, bought May 1876 - Victor Fossick & HackworthFossick & HackworthFossick & Hackworth built several locomotives. The Llanelly Railway took delivery of Victor, a 0-6-0 long boilered tender engine in 1864 . This was subsequently sold to the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway....
, Wks No 176, built 1864 ex Llanelly Railway, 0-6-0, bought December 1872
Cornwall Minerals RailwayCornwall Minerals RailwayThe Cornwall Minerals Railway operated a network of railway lines in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Based at St Blazey, its network stretched from Fowey to Newquay and lasted as an independent company from 1874 to 1896, after which it became a part of the Great Western Railway.-Authorisation:The...
Nine locomotives were transferred from the Cornwall Mineral Railway on 1 July 1877, and one further one on 1 July 1896.
- 1388 Peckett and SonsPeckett and SonsPeckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...
0-6-0ST (1896) - 1392 - 1400 Sharp Stewart and Company 0-6-0T (1877)
Festiniog & Blaenau RailwayFestiniog & Blaenau RailwayThe Festiniog & Blaenau Railway was of 1' 11½" gauge and was of 3½ miles length and opened in May 1868. It was purchased on 13 April 1883 by the Great Western Railway. It was later converted to standard gauge as the extension of the new Bala & Festiniog Railway. Two locomotives were taken over,...
This railway was of 1' 11½" gauge and was taken over on 13 April 1883. It was later converted to standard gauge as the extension of the new Bala & Festiniog Railway after purchase by the Great Western RailwayGreat 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...
.
Two locomotives were taken over, both being built by Manning Wardle
Manning Wardle
Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
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- 1 Manning WardleManning WardleManning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
Wks No 259, 0-4-2ST, built 1868 - 2 Manning WardleManning WardleManning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
Wks No 260, 0-4-2ST, built 1868
Hook Norton Ironstone PartnershipHook Norton Ironstone PartnershipThe Hook Norton Ironstone Partnership was the first company to quarry ironstone at Hook Norton on a large scale. Although only in operation for twelve years, its quarries subsequently became part of the Brymbo Steelworks quarries and relics of the Partnership's railways and tramways can still be...
This concern was in liquidation when the Great Western RailwayGreat 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...
purchased an engine in July 1904.
- Hook Norton, Manning WardleManning WardleManning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
, Wks No 1127, 0-6-0ST, built in November 1889. Eventually sold to the Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Company in September 1907, it came back into GW Stock in October 1913 and lasted until January 1926. Given GW No 1337.
Liskeard and Caradon RailwayLiskeard and Caradon RailwayThe Liskeard and Caradon Railway was a mineral railway in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, which opened in 1844 and closed in 1917. Its neighbour, the Liskeard and Looe Railway, opened in 1860 and is still operating as the Looe Valley Line.-History:...
Three locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1909, they were used on both the Caradon and the Liskeard and Looe Railways. GWR experimental 4-4-0ST number 13 was also regularly used on the line, at first hired to the Liskeard and Caradon, but it continued to be used after the Great Western Railway took over operations.
- 1308 Lady Margret - an Andrew Barclay 2-4-0T
- 1311 Cheesewring - a Gilkes Wilson and CompanyGilkes Wilson and CompanyGilkes Wilson and Company was a British locomotive manufacturer at Teesside Engine Works in Middlesbrough which opened in 1843.Initially repairing locomotives, the company built its first new engines in 1847...
0-6-0ST - 1312 Kilmar - a Hopkins Gilkes and Company 0-6-0ST
Llanelly Railway
The 21 locomotives acquired in 1873 were renumbered into the 894 - 914 series.Llynvi and Ogmore RailwayLlynvi and Ogmore Railway* Ada * Una The railway owned two 0-6-0STs for goods traffic. Built by Slaughter, Grunning and Company, they were similar to the South Devon Railway Dido class built at around the same time....
12 locomotives were acquired in 1873, including four which had originated on the West Cornwall RailwayWest 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....
. They were renumbered in the 915 - 926 series.
Manchester & Milford Railway
Seven locomotives were acquired by the Great Western RailwayGreat 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...
- 3 Lady Elizabeth, Sharp Stewart 2-4-0 Wks No 1756, delivered in July 1866. Allocated GW No 1305, it was sold immediately.
- 4 Aberystwyth, Manning WardleManning WardleManning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
0-6-0 Wks No 255, delivered in July 1868. Given GW No 1339, withdrawn December 1906. - 5, Sharp Stewart 0-6-0 Wks No 2036 in July 1870. Allocated 1340 but withdrawn in August 1906.
- 2 Plynlimmon, Sharp Stewart 2-4-2T Wks No 3710. Given GW No 1304 and lasted until July 1916.
- 6 Cader Idris, Sharp Stewart 2-4-2T Wks No 4128. Given GW No 1306 and lasted until April 1919.
- 7, London & North Western Railway 0-6-0 built at Crewe in November 1889 as L&NWR 1095. Given GW No 1341 and lasted until November 1906.
- 1, London & North Western Railway 0-6-0 built at Crewe in August 1880 as L&NWR 2387. Given GW No 1338 and lasted until December 1915.
- 8, Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe 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...
2301 ClassGWR 2301 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.Swindon railway works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean...
(Deans Goods) 0-6-0 (ex GW 2301) on loan from swummer 1905. - 9, Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe 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...
2301 ClassGWR 2301 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.Swindon railway works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean...
(Deans Goods) 0-6-0 (ex GW 2351) on loan from swummer 1905. - 10, Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe 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...
2301 ClassGWR 2301 ClassThe Great Western Railway 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.Swindon railway works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean...
(Deans Goods) 0-6-0 (ex GW 2532) on loan from swummer 1905.
Monmouthshire Railway
53 (+1) locomotives were taken over in 1875. They were renumbered into the 1301 - 1352 series.Worked from 1 August 1875, amalgamated 1 August 1880.
- 1 Grylls & Co built 1847 0-8-0
- 2, 3, 4, 5 Neath Abbey Ironworks built 1848, 0-6-0
- 6, 7, 8 (GWR 1315-1317) Stothert, Slaughter & Co built 1847, delivered 1849, 0-6-0
- 9, 10 (GWR 1302 & 1301) Sharp Brothers built 1849, 2-4-0WT
- 11 (purchased from the contractors Waring & Son 1849) possibly 0-4-0
North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway
Taken over July 1898.3 locomotives (all 0-6-0STs).
- Precelly, Hudswell ClarkeHudswell ClarkeHudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:...
, Wks No 175, built January 1875, given GW No 1379 and sold in March 1907. - Ringing Rock, Manning WardleManning WardleManning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
, Wks No 630, built in 1876, given GW No 1380 and eventually ended up at the Kent & East Sussex Railway as their No 8 Hesperus until 1941. - Margaret, Fox, Walker and Company, Wks No 410 was built in November 1878 and given GW No 1378. Sold in 1910 to the Gwendraeth Valleys Railway as their No 2 in July 1910. When the Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe 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...
took over that concern, they did not take it into stock but sold it to the Kidwelly Timplate Co. Ltd. in March 1923. It carried a GW Registration Plate No 73 of 1911 and ceased work in 1941. It has since been preserved and can be seen at Scolton Manor Museum near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, not far from its original line.
Pembroke and Tenby Railway
8 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1896.- 1360 Tenby, 1361 Milford Sharp Stewart 2-2-2T
- 1362 Pembroke Sharp Stewart 2-4-0
(NB ?? Re number 1361 - An extant photo exists in the SLS Stanford Jacobs Collection showing 1361 to be Pembroke.)
- 1363 Owen, 1364 Davies, 1365 Cambria later Tenby Sharp Stewart 0-6-0
- 1813 Holmwood Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe 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...
1813 class 0-6-0T - 3201 Stella Great Western RailwayGreat Western RailwayThe 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...
Stella class 2-4-0
- Llandinam, a Manning WardleManning WardleManning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
0-6-0ST was owned by David Davies and used in the construction of the line. It was removed by him before the directors took over in 1870.
- Further reading can be found at http://members.lycos.co.uk/Graham_Davies/Railways/PandTR.html
Severn & Wye and Severn Bridge Railway
The railway was vested jointly between the Great Western RailwayGreat 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...
and the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
on 1 July 1894 .
Seven locomotives were taken over on 1 October 1895.
- Will Scarlet, Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co. was an engineering company at Lowca near Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.-Overview:Fletcher and Jennings took over the business of Tulk and Ley in 1857...
Wks No 122, 0-6-0T was given GW No 1356. - Little John, Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co. was an engineering company at Lowca near Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.-Overview:Fletcher and Jennings took over the business of Tulk and Ley in 1857...
Wks No 140, 0-6-0T went to the Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
as their 1123A - Alan-a-dale, Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co. was an engineering company at Lowca near Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.-Overview:Fletcher and Jennings took over the business of Tulk and Ley in 1857...
Wks No 157, 0-6-0T was given GW No 1355 - Maid Marian, Avonside Engine Co. Wks No 940, 0-6-0T was given GW No 1357
- Ranger, a 0-6-0 tender engine was altered to a ST by the Avonside Engine Co. in January 1891 and given GW No 1358
- Wye, Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co.Fletcher, Jennings & Co. was an engineering company at Lowca near Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.-Overview:Fletcher and Jennings took over the business of Tulk and Ley in 1857...
Wks No 153, 0-6-0ST became GW No 1359 - Severn Bridge, Vulcan FoundryVulcan FoundryVulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
Wks No 860, 0-6-0T, was given GW No 1354 - Gaveller, Vulcan FoundryVulcan FoundryVulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
Wks No 1309, 0-6-0T, was given GW No 1353 - Sharpness, Vulcan FoundryVulcan FoundryVulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
Wks No 850, 0-6-0T, went to the Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
as their 1124A - Sabrina, Vulcan FoundryVulcan FoundryVulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
Wks No 953, 0-6-0T, went to the Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
as their 1125A - Forester, Vulcan FoundryVulcan FoundryVulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
Wks No 1163, 0-6-0T, went to the Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
as their 1126A
South Devon RailwaySouth Devon Railway CompanyThe South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a broad gauge railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel-Chronology:* 1844 South Devon Railway Act passed by parliament...
The 85 broad gaugeBroad 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 :...
locomotives added to the Great Western Railway fleet on 1 February 1876 included not just the South Devon Railway locomotives
South Devon Railway locomotives
South Devon Railway locomotives were broad gauge locomotives that operated over the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway, and West Cornwall Railway in England...
but also the 19 owned by the Cornwall Railway
Cornwall Railway
The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The section from Plymouth to Truro opened in 1859, the extension to Falmouth in 1863...
and 8 from the 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....
, which had all operated in a common pool since 1866. They were numbered in the 2096 - 2180 series but, generally, also retained their names.
- 1298 - 1300 Three 2-4-0Ts completed by the GWR as standard gauge
- 2096 - 2105 4-4-0ST Comet classSouth Devon Railway Comet classThe 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....
- 2106 - 2121 4-4-0ST Eagle classSouth Devon Railway Eagle classThe Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...
- 2122 - 2127 4-4-0ST Gorgon classSouth Devon Railway Gorgon classThe Gorgon class were six 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...
- 2128 - 2131 4-4-0ST Leopard classSouth Devon Railway Leopard classThe 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...
- 2132 - 2135 ex-Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway 4-4-0ST
- 2136 2-4-0ST
- 2137 2-4-0ST Prince
- 2138 ex-Great Western Railway Banking class 0-6-0STGWR Banking ClassThe 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....
- 2139 - 2142 0-6-0ST Tornado classSouth Devon Railway Tornado classThe 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....
- 2143 - 2144 0-6-0ST Dido classSouth Devon Railway Dido classThe 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...
- 2145 - 2147 ex-Llynvi Valley Railway 0-6-0ST
- 2148 - 2153 0-6-0ST Dido classSouth Devon Railway Dido classThe 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...
- 2154 - 2155 0-6-0ST Remus classSouth Devon Railway Remus classThe 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....
- 2156 0-6-0ST
- 2157-2159 ex-Great Western Railway Sir Watkin class 0-6-0STGWR Sir Watkin ClassThe 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...
- 2160 - 2169 0-6-0ST Buffalo classSouth Devon Railway Buffalo classThe 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...
(later rebuilt as standard gauge No.s 1317 - 1325) - 2170 0-6-0ST TaurusSouth Devon Railway locomotive TaurusTaurus 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...
- 2171 2-4-0T King
- 2172 - 2174 0-4-0WT Owl class (later standard gauge 1327 - 1328)
- 2175 - 2179 0-4-0ST Raven class (later standard gauge 1329 - 1333)
- 2180 0-4-0vb Tiny
Torbay and Brixham RailwayTorbay and Brixham RailwayThe 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...
Vested with the Great Western RailwayGreat 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...
1 January 1883.
Two broad gauge engines: Queen and Raven. The former was withdrawn from stock on the same day, the latter was an ex-South Devon Railway locomotive and was taken back into GWR stock.
Vale of Neath RailwayVale of Neath RailwayThe Vale of Neath Railway was a broad gauge railway line from Neath to Merthyr Tydfil, in Glamorgan, Wales, and also operated the Swansea and Neath Railway which gave it access to the docks at Swansea...
The 19 broad gaugeBroad 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 :...
locomotives acquired in 1866 retained their original numbers; the six 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...
locomotives were renumbered into the 413 - 418 series.
- 1-6 Broad gauge 4-4-0STsVale of Neath Railway 4-4-0ST locomotivesThe nine Vale of Neath Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives were broad gauge 4-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. The first entered service in 1851 and the last was withdrawn in 1872...
- 7-19 Broad gauge 0-6-0STsVale of Neath Railway 0-6-0ST locomotivesVale of Neath Railway 0-6-0ST locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives for working the heavy goods traffic on the Vale of Neath Railway and its associated lines in Wales. The first of 13 broad gauge locomotives entered service in 1854 and the last was withdrawn in 1886...
- 413 - 418 standard gauge locomotives
Watlington & Princes Risborough Railway
Opened on 15 August 1872 and is believed to have been worked with a locomotive on hire from the Great Western RailwayGreat 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 line was vested into the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
on 1 July 1883.
Two locomotives were taken over.
- 1 Sharp Stewart, 2-2-2WT. It is believed that it may have been SS Wks No 1016 of 1857, ex Furness RailwayFurness RailwayThe Furness Railway was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England.-History:The company was established on May 23, 1844 when the Furness Railway Act was passed by Parliament...
No 11. - 2 Sharp Stewart. 2-4-0T, Wks No 2578 became GWR 1384.
Whitland & Cardigan RailwayWhitland & Cardigan RailwayThe Whitland & Cardigan Railway was a fourteen and a half mile long Great Western Railway built branch railway line that ran between on the West Wales Line to via nine intermediate stations, , , , , , , , , and .-History:...
There were three locomotives all standard gauge and were numbered 1385-1387, being taken over 1 September 1886.
- 1385 John Owen Fox, Walker and Company Wks No 170, 0-6-0ST built 1872
- 1386 Fox, Walker and Company Wks No 271, 0-6-0ST, built 1875
- 1387 Fox, Walker and Company Wks No 340, 0-6-0ST, built 1877
West Cornwall RailwayWest Cornwall RailwayThe 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....
The eight West Cornwall Railway broad gaugeBroad 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 :...
locomotives were operated in a common pool with the South Devon Railway locomotives
South Devon Railway locomotives
South Devon Railway locomotives were broad gauge locomotives that operated over the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway, and West Cornwall Railway in England...
and are detailed in that section, above. At the same time, 1 February 1876, another eight 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...
locomotives were also acquired. These were renumbered 1384 - 1391.
- 1384 Robert Stephenson and CompanyRobert Stephenson and CompanyRobert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :...
2-4-0 - 1385 Robert Stephenson and Company 0-6-0
- 1386 Vulcan FoundryVulcan FoundryVulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
0-6-0ST - 1387 ex-London North Western Railway 0-6-0
- 1388 ex-London North Western Railway 0-6-0
- 1389 ex-London North Western Railway 0-6-0
- 1390 ex-London North Western Railway 0-6-0
- 1391 Avonside Engine CompanyAvonside Engine CompanyThe 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:...
0-4-0ST
Locomotives of amalgamated companies (1920 - 1924)
Eighteen companies were merged between 1 January 1922 and 1 January 1924 under the provisions of the Railways Act 1921Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...
, bringing 925 locomotives.
Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway
39 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | A(N&SW)D&R Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. | 0-6-2ST | 3 | 29–31 | 190–193 | |
| Hawthorn Leslie | 0-6-2T | 1 | 26 | 663 | |
| R and W Hawthorn R and W Hawthorn R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England from 1817 until 1880.-Locomotive building:Robert Hawthorne first began business at Forth Bank Works in 1817, building marine and stationary steam engines. In 1820, his brother joined him and the firm became R and W... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 12–13 | 664–665 | |
| Kerr, Stuart & Co. | 0-6-0T | 2 | 34–35 | 666–667 | |
| Robert Stephenson and Company Robert Stephenson and Company Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :... |
0-6-0ST | 3 | 15, 20–21 | 668–670 | Double-framed |
| Hawthorn Leslie | 0-6-0ST | 2 | 16–17 | 671–672 | |
| Robert Stephenson and Company Robert Stephenson and Company Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :... |
0-6-0ST | 5 | 1–5 | 674–678 | |
| Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 18–19 | 679–680 | |
| GWR | 0-6-0ST | 1 | 33 | 993 | ex-GWR 850 Class GWR 850 Class Class 850 of the Great Western Railway was an extensive class of small 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway between 1874 and 1895... |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
2-6-2T | 1 | 25 | 1199 | ex-Mersey Railway Mersey Railway The Mersey Railway connected Liverpool and Birkenhead, England, via the Mersey Railway Tunnel under the River Mersey. Opened in 1886, it was the second oldest urban underground railway network in the world. The railway contained the first tunnel built under the River Mersey. It was constructed by... |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 2-6-2T | 6 | 6–11 | 1207–1209, 1211, 1201, 1204 | ex-Mersey Railway Mersey Railway The Mersey Railway connected Liverpool and Birkenhead, England, via the Mersey Railway Tunnel under the River Mersey. Opened in 1886, it was the second oldest urban underground railway network in the world. The railway contained the first tunnel built under the River Mersey. It was constructed by... |
| Hawthorn Leslie | 2-6-2T | 2 | 36–37 | 1205–1206 | |
| 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:... |
0-4-0ST | 1 | Trojan GWR No. 1340 Trojan GWR No. 1340 is an 0-4-0ST steam locomotive, built in 1897 by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol, England.Her first owners were Messrs Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock. In 1903 she was purchased by the Alexandra Docks Railway. This was absorbed into the Great Western Railway in 1923.In... |
1340 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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| 0-4-0ST | 1 | Alexandra | 1341 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 0-6-4T | 3 | 22–24 | 1344–1346 | ex-Mersey Railway Mersey Railway The Mersey Railway connected Liverpool and Birkenhead, England, via the Mersey Railway Tunnel under the River Mersey. Opened in 1886, it was the second oldest urban underground railway network in the world. The railway contained the first tunnel built under the River Mersey. It was constructed by... |
| Fletcher, Jennings & Co. Fletcher, Jennings & Co. Fletcher, Jennings & Co. was an engineering company at Lowca near Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.-Overview:Fletcher and Jennings took over the business of Tulk and Ley in 1857... |
0-6-0T | 1 | 32 | 1356 | ex-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... |
| GWR Wolverhampton Works | 0-4-2T | 1 | 14 | 1426 | ex-GWR 517 Class GWR 517 Class The 517 Class were small 0-4-2T tank engines designed by George Armstrong for local passenger work on the Great Western Railway. They were built at Wolverhampton Works and were outshopped between 1868 and 1885. They were built in thirteen lots commencing with 517–528 and ending with 1477–1488 in... |
| GWR | 0-6-0ST | 2 | 27–28 | 1679, 1683 | ex-GWR 1661 Class GWR 1661 Class The 1661 Class was William Dean's second design of tank locomotive for England's Great Western Railway. Like the 1813 Class which preceded them, there were 40 1661s, turned out at Swindon in two batches:* Nos. 1661-1680 * Nos... |
Barry Railway
148 Barry Railway locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 and given random numbers in several series.| Class | Type | Quantity | Barry Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 0-6-0T | 5 | 1–5 | 699–700, 702–703, 706 | |
| B Barry Railway Class B Barry Railway Class B were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed and built by Sharp Stewart and introduced in 1888. The locomotives passed to the Great Western Railway in 1922. Only four survived into British Railways ownership in 1948, numbers 198,... |
0-6-2T | 25 | 6–20, 23–32 | 198–201, 203–204, 206–214, 223–232 | |
| B1 Barry Railway Class B1 Barry Railway Class B1 were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives of the Barry Railway in South Wales. They were designed by J. H. Hosgood and built by Sharp Stewart, & Co., Vulcan Foundry and Société Franco-Belge. The locomotives passed to the Great Western Railway in 1922 and 20 survived into British... |
0-6-2T | 42 | 38–46, 54–63, 73–78, 105–116, 122–126 | 233–235, 238, 240–277 | |
| C | 2-4-2T | 2 | 21–22 | 1322–1323 | |
| D | 0-8-0 | 4 | 35–36, 92–93 | 1387–1390 | |
| E | 0-6-0T | 5 | 33–34, 50–51, 53 | 781–785 | |
| F | 0-6-0ST | 28 | 37, 47–49, 52, 64–65, 70–72, 99–104, 127–138 | 708, 710–726, 807, 729, 742, 747, 74, 776–780 | |
| G | 0-4-4T | 4 | 66–69 | 2–4, 9 | |
| H Barry Railway Class H The Barry Railway class H was a small class of seven 0-8-2T tank locomotives built for the Barry Railway by Sharp Stewart in 1896. When they were introduced they were the first locomotives in Britain to use the 0-8-2 wheel arrangement.-History:... |
0-8-2T | 7 | 79–85 | 1380–1386 | |
| J | 2-6-2T | 11 | 86–91, 94–98 | 1311–1321 | |
| K | 0-6-2T | 6 | 117–121 | 193–197 | |
| L | 0-6-4T | 10 | 139–148 | 1347–1355, 1357 |
Brecon and Merthyr RailwayBrecon and Merthyr RailwayThe Brecon and Merthyr Junction Railway was one of several railways that served the industrial areas of South Wales and Monmouthshire. It ranked fifth amongst them in size, although hemmed in by the Taff Vale Railway and Great Western Railway...
47 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | B&MR Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-2T | 14 | 36–43, 45–50 | 11, 21, 332, 504, 698, 888, 1084, 1113, 1372–1375, 1668, 1670 | 36/45 Class, similar to Rhymney Railway R class Rhymney Railway R class The Rhymney R class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1907 designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank locomotives, and weighed 67 tons and were 37 feet in length.There were initially three locos in the class augmented to five... and P class Rhymney Railway P class The Rhymney Railway P class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1909 designed by the Rhymney Railway's engineer C. T. Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank locomotives, weighed 60tons and were in length.There were initially three locos in the class... respectively |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 4-4-2T | 1 | 44 | 1391 | ex-LSWR 46 class LSWR 46 class The LSWR 46 Class was a class of 4-4-0 passenger tank locomotive designed by William Adams for the London and South Western Railway. None have survived into preservation.-Background:... No. 0376 |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 2-4-0T | 5 | 9–12, 25 | 1402, 1412, 1460, 1452, 1458 | |
| Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... |
0-6-2T | 4 | 19–20, 23, 26 | 1674, 1677, 1692, 1833 | |
| GWR | 0-6-0ST | 3 | 32–34 | 1685, 1693, 1694 | ex-GWR 1661 Class GWR 1661 Class The 1661 Class was William Dean's second design of tank locomotive for England's Great Western Railway. Like the 1813 Class which preceded them, there were 40 1661s, turned out at Swindon in two batches:* Nos. 1661-1680 * Nos... |
| Kerr, Stuart & Co. | 0-6-0T | 1 | 35 | 2161 | |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 22, 24 | 2169–2170 | |
| Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. | 0-6-0ST | 3 | 27–29 | 2171–2173 | |
| John Fowler & Co. John Fowler & Co. thumb|right|John Fowler & Co. [[steam roller]] of 1923John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment. Fowler also produced the Track Marshall tractor which was a... |
0-6-0ST | 6 | 1–4, 13–14 | 2177–2180, 2185–2186 | |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-0ST | 6 | 5–8, 15–16 | 2181–2184, 2186–2188 | |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 0-6-0ST | 2 | 17–18 | 2190–2191 | |
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
15 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | BP&GV Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0T | 7 | 2, 9, 11–15 | 2162–2168 | |
| 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:... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 4–5 GWR No. 2194/5 Kidwelly The Great Western Railway No. 2194 and 2195 were small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives, originally built by the Avonside Engine Company for the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway.... |
2194–2195 | Named Kidwelly, Cwm Mawr, |
| 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:... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 6–7 | 2196, 2176 | Named Gwendraeth, and Pembury |
| Chapman and Furneaux | 0-6-0ST | 1 | 1 | 2192 | Named Ashburnham |
| Chapman and Furneaux | 0-6-0ST | 1 | 3 | 2193 | Named Burry Port |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0T | 2 | 8, 10 | 2197, 2198 | No. 8 named Pioneer |
Cambrian RailwaysCambrian RailwaysCambrian Railways owned of track over a large area of mid-Wales. The system was an amalgamation of a number of railways that were incorporated in 1864, 1865 and 1904...
94 standard gauge locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 given random numbers in various series..
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | CAM Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. | 0-4-4T | 6 | 3, 5, 7–9, 23 | 10, 11, 15, 19–21 | Aston |
| Hunslet Engine Company Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... |
0-6-0T | 1 | 24 | 819 | ex-Lambourn Valley Railway, withdrawn 1946 |
| Chapman and Furneaux | 0-6-0T | 2 | 26, 35 | 820–821 | ex-Lambourn Valley Railway, withdrawn 1930/32 |
| Manning Wardle Manning Wardle Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,... |
0-6-0ST | 1 | 30 | 824 | ex-Mawddwy Railway Mawddwy Railway The Mawddwy Railway was a rural line in the Dovey Valley in mid-Wales that connected Cemmaes Road and the Cambrian Railway with Dinas Mawddwy.... |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-0 | 5 | 89–93 Cambrian Railways Jones Class 89 0-6-0 The Cambrian Railways Class 89's were an 0-6-0 tender locomotive introduced by Jones in 1903 for general use over their system, upon grouping they because Great Western Railway class 15 and were reboilered from 1924 onwards with Swindon parts.- Building :... |
887–892 | Jones, built 1903 |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 0-6-0 | 5 | 38, 99–102 Cambrian Railways Jones Class 89 0-6-0 The Cambrian Railways Class 89's were an 0-6-0 tender locomotive introduced by Jones in 1903 for general use over their system, upon grouping they because Great Western Railway class 15 and were reboilered from 1924 onwards with Swindon parts.- Building :... |
864, 892–896 | Jones, built 1908 |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 0-6-0 | 5 | 15, 29, 41, 42, 54 Cambrian Railways Jones Class 89 0-6-0 The Cambrian Railways Class 89's were an 0-6-0 tender locomotive introduced by Jones in 1903 for general use over their system, upon grouping they because Great Western Railway class 15 and were reboilered from 1924 onwards with Swindon parts.- Building :... |
844, 849, 855, 873, 887 | Jones, built 1918–19 |
| Neilson & Co. | 0-6-0 | 5 | 73–77 | 875–876, 878–880 | Aston, built 1894 |
| Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... |
0-6-0 | 3 | 78–80 | 881–883 | Aston, built 1895 |
| Neilson, Reid & Co. | 0-6-0 | 2 | 87–88 | 884–885 | Aston, built 1899 |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 0-6-0 | 9 | 4, 14, 40, 45–46, 48–49, 51–52 | 897–901, 908–911 | 22 built |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 4-4-0 | 4 | 94, 96–98 | 1014, 1029, 1035, 1043 | 5 built |
| CAM, Oswestry Works | 4-4-0 | 2 | 11, 19 | 1068, 1082 | |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 4-4-0 | 17 | 81, 32, 47, 61–72, 83–84 | 1084–1086, 1088, 1090–1091, 1093, 1096–1097, 1100–1107 | 1106 renumbered 1110 in 1926 |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 4-4-0 | 2 | 85–86 | 1108–1109 | 1106 renumbered 1110 in 1926 |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 4-4-0 | 6 | 50, 60, 16–17, 20–21 | 1110, 1112, 1115–1118 | |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 4-4-0T | 6 | 34, 36, 2, 12, 33, 37 | 1113–1114, 1129–1132 | ex-Metropolitan Railway A Class Metropolitan Railway A Class The Metropolitan Railway A Class were 4-4-0T steam locomotives built to work the first of the London Underground lines. They were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company from 1864.... ; 34 & 36 had been rebuilt as 4-4-0 in 1915–16 |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 2-4-0T | 5 | 44, 56–59 | 1190–1192, 1196–1197 | |
| 2-4-0 | 2 | 10, 1 | 1328–1329 | ex-GWR 2-4-0 | |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 2-4-0 | 4 | 41, 43, 53, 55 | 1330–1333 | |
| 4-4-0 | 2 | 82, 95 | 3521, 3546 | ex-GWR 3521 Class GWR 3521 Class The 3521 Class were forty tank locomotives designed by William Dean to haul passenger trains on the Great Western Railway. They were introduced as 0-4-2T locomotives in 1887, but were quickly altered to become 0-4-4Ts to improve their running... |
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Vale of Rheidol RailwayVale of Rheidol RailwayThe Vale of Rheidol Railway is a narrow-gauge gauge heritage railway that runs for between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge in the county of Ceredigion, Wales...
Three gauge locomotives acquired with the Cambrian Railways on 1 January 1922, also two new locomotives, similar to the earlier 2-6-2Ts, built in 1923.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | CAM Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davies & Metcalfe | 2-6-2T | 2 | VoR 1 & 2 | 1212–1213 | 1213 "renewed" in 1924 |
| W. G. Bagnall | 2-4-0T | 1 | VoR 3 | 1198 | |
| GWR Swindon Works Swindon Works Swindon railway works were built by the Great Western Railway in 1841 in Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire.-History:In 1835 Parliament approved the construction of a railway between London and Bristol. Its Chief Engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.From 1836, Brunel had been buying... |
2-6-2T | 2 | — | 7–8 | built 1923; named Owain Glyndŵr and Llywelyn |
| GWR Swindon Works Swindon Works Swindon railway works were built by the Great Western Railway in 1841 in Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire.-History:In 1835 Parliament approved the construction of a railway between London and Bristol. Its Chief Engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.From 1836, Brunel had been buying... |
2-6-2T | 1 | — | 1213 | built 1924; renumbered 9 in 1949; named Prince of Wales |
Welshpool and Llanfair Light RailwayWelshpool and Llanfair Light RailwayThe Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales. The line is around long and runs westwards from the town of Welshpool via Castle Caereinion to the village of Llanfair Caereinion. The track gauge is ....
Two gauge 0-6-0T locomotives acquired with the Cambrian Railways on 1 January 1922.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | CAM Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 0-6-0T | 2 | WLLR 1 & 2 | 822–823 | Named The Earl and Countess |
Cardiff RailwayCardiff RailwayThe Cardiff Railway came into being from the need to service Bute Docks, so as to provide facilities for the traffic to and from the Docks. The railway was only 11 miles in length, a fact which belied its importance, since it provided both the Taff Vale Railway and the Rhymney Railway, inter alia,...
36 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | CR Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-6-2ST | 13 | 20, 22, 33–35, 1, 9–10, 28, 11, 21, 27, 26 | 151–163 | |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0ST | 4 | 14, 16, 17, 32 | 681–684 | |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-6-0T | 8 | 7, 3, 4, 8, 13, 30, 29 | 685–688, 690–692 | |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-6-0PT | 1 | 2 | 693 | |
| Parfitt and Jenkins | 0-6-0ST | 4 | 12, 15, 18, 19 | 694–697 | |
| Cardiff Docks | 0-6-0ST | 1 | 24 | 698 | |
| LNWR Crewe Works Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire.... |
2-4-2T | 1 | 36 | 1327 | ex-London and North Western Railway London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway... |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-4-0ST | 2 | 5, 6 | 1338, 1339 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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| 0-6-0ST | 3 | 31, 23, 25 | 1667, 1676, 1689 | ex-GWR 1661 Class GWR 1661 Class The 1661 Class was William Dean's second design of tank locomotive for England's Great Western Railway. Like the 1813 Class which preceded them, there were 40 1661s, turned out at Swindon in two batches:* Nos. 1661-1680 * Nos... |
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Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light RailwayCleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light RailwayThe Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway was a pre-grouping railway company that served part of south Shropshire.Everard Calthrop was appointed Consulting Engineer in 1900, responsible for surveying the route and preparing the construction plans, and the line opened in 1908...
Two locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1922
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | CMDP Name | GWR No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Wardle Manning Wardle Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | Cleobury and Burwarton | 28 and 29 | rebuilt as 0-6-0PT |
Gwendraeth Valleys Railway
2 0-6-0ST locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1923. One was given a GWR number, but the second (Margaret) was sold without being allocated a GWR number.| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | GVR No. | GWR No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0ST | 1 | 1 Velindre | 26 | |
| Fox, Walker & Co. | 0-6-0ST | 1 | 2 Margaret | — | Sold to Kidwelly Timplate Company in 1923 |
Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
8 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1923.| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | LMMR Name | GWR No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. | 0-6-0T | 1 | George Waddell | 312 | Sold in 1934 |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0T | 2 | Tarndune | 339 | |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0ST | 1 | Hilda | 359 | |
| Manning Wardle Manning Wardle Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,... |
0-6-0T | 1 | Victory | 704 | |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0T | 1 | Ravelston | 803 | |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0T | 1 | Merkland | 937 | |
| 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:... |
0-6-0T | 1 | Great Mountain | 944 | Sold in 1928 |
| Fox, Walker & Co. | 0-6-0ST | 1 | Seymour Clarke | 969 | |
Midland and South Western Junction RailwayMidland and South Western Junction RailwayThe Midland and South Western Junction Railway was, until the 1923 Grouping, an independent railway built to form a north-south link between the Midland and London and South Western Railways allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton.-Formation:The M&SWJR...
The M&SWJR's Locomotive Superintendent from 1903 to 1923 was James Tyrell.29 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1923.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | M&SWJ Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 0-4-4T | 1 | 15 | 23 | |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 2-6-0 | 1 | 16 | 24 | |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 4-4-4T | 2 | 17–18 | 25, 27 | |
| Dübs & Co. | 0-6-0T | 2 | 13–14 | 825, 843 | |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 0-6-0 | 10 | 19–28 | 1003–1011, 1013 | |
| North British Locomotive Co. | 4-4-0 | 9 | 1–8, 31 | 1119–1126, 1128 | |
| Dübs & Co. | 4-4-0 | 1 | 9 | 1127 | |
| Dübs & Co. | 2-4-0 | 3 | 10–12 GWR No. 1334 GWR No. 1334, and sister locomotives 1335 and 1336, were 2-4-0 steam locomotives which the Great Western Railway inherited from the Midland and South Western Junction Railway.... |
1334–1336 | |
The three Dübs 2-4-0s were the only M&SWJR locomotives to survive into British Railways ownership in 1948. At least one of them was used on the Lambourn Valley Railway, probably because of its light axle load.
Neath and Brecon RailwayNeath and Brecon RailwayThe Neath and Brecon Railway linked the Vale of Neath Railway at Neath with the Brecon and Merthyr Railway at Brecon and also via a connection from Colbren Junction, it linked to the Swansea Vale Railway at Ynysygeinon Junction ....
15 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | N&BR Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-2T | 3 | 11–13 Neath and Brecon Stephensons The Neath and Brecon Stephensons were 0-6-2T tank locomotives introduced into traffic on the Neath and Brecon Railway in 1904 from a Rhymney Railway design. There were three locos in the class... |
1114, 1117, 1277 | similar to Rhymney M class Rhymney Railway M class The Rhymney Railway M class was a class of 0-6-2T tank locomotive introduced into traffic on the Rhymney Railway in 1904. These were substantial sized tank engines, and weighed 66 tons and were in length.... |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-2T | 2 | 9, 10 | 1327, 1371 | ex-Port Talbot Railway 5 and 6 |
| Yorkshire Engine Company Yorkshire Engine Company The Yorkshire Engine Company was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. The Company was formed in 1865 and continued to produce locomotives and carry out general engineering work until 1965... |
4-4-0T | 1 | 5 | 1392 | |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 2-4-0T | 1 | 6 | 1400 | |
| 0-6-0ST | 2 | 14–15 | 1563, 1591 | ex-GWR 1076 Class GWR 1076 Class The 1076 Class were 266 double-framed 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one was withdrawn in 1946... |
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| 0-6-0ST | 2 | 16, 3 | 1715, 1882 | ex-GWR 1701 Class | |
| Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. | 0-6-0ST | 2 | 7–8 | 2174–2175 | |
| 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:... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 1–2 | 2189, 2199 | |
Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company
22 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | PTRD Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-2T | 7 | 8–14 | 183–187 | |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-6-0ST | 6 | 22–27 | 808–809, 811–814 | |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-0ST | 2 | 3, 15 | 815, 816 | |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 2-4-0T | 1 | 37 | 1189 | |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 2-4-2T | 1 | 36 | 1326 | rebuilt from 2-4-0T in 1898 |
| Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 0-8-2T | 3 | 17–19 | 1358–1360 | |
| Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works | 0-8-2T | 2 | 20–21 | 1378–1379 | |
Powlesland and Mason
Powlesland and MasonPowlesland and Mason (railway shunting contractors)
Powlesland and Mason were a company that provided steam locomotives and crews for shunting within Swansea Docks. The first name has sometimes been spelt "Powesland" and it is uncertain which spelling is correct.-Early history:...
were contractors at Swansea Docks, and their 9 locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1924.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | P&M Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
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| Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
0-4-0ST | 3 | 3, 4, 12 | 696, 779, 93 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... 5 |
Renumbered 1150–1152 between 1949 and 1951 |
| Brush Electrical Brush Traction This article is about a British rail-locomotive maker. For the Detroit auto-maker, see Brush Motor Car CompanyBrush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, part of the FKI group , based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, England situated alongside the Midland Main Line.-... |
0-4-0ST | 2 | 5 and 6 | 795, 921 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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| Avonside Engine Co. | 0-4-0ST | 1 | 7 | 925 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
ex-GWR 1330, South Devon Railway Raven class |
| Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
0-4-0ST | 1 | 11 | 927 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
Renumbered 1153 in 1949 |
| Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. | 0-4-0ST | 1 | 14 | 928 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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| Hawthorn Leslie | 0-4-0ST | 1 | Dorothy | 942 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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Rhondda and Swansea Bay RailwayRhondda and Swansea Bay RailwayThe Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway connected the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley to the Swansea Bay ports.Connecting with the Taff Vale Railway at Treherbert, it had branches to Aberavon and Port Talbot docks. It was later extended to Swansea and a branch to Neath was added, bringing the total...
37 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.
| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | R&SB No. | GWR No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-6-2T | 4 | 25–28 | 164–167 | |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-6-2T | 12 | 8–16, 20–22 | 168–179 | |
| Robert Stephenson & Co. | 0-6-2T | 2 | 23, 24 | 180, 182 | ex-Port Talbot Railway |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
0-6-2T | 1 | 4 | 181 | |
| GWR | 0-6-0ST | 4 | 32, 34, 31, 2 | 728, 1167, 1652, 1660 | ex-GWR 1076 Class GWR 1076 Class The 1076 Class were 266 double-framed 0-6-0 tank locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one was withdrawn in 1946... |
| Beyer, Peacock & Co. | 0-6-0T | 5 | 1, 3, 5–7 | 789, 801, 802, 805, 806 | |
| Kitson & Co. Kitson & Co. Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Early history:The company started as James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet in 1835 with Charles Todd as a partner... |
2-4-2T | 3 | 17–19 | 1307, 1309, 1310 | |
| GWR | 0-6-0ST | 2 | 36, 35 | 1710, 1756 | ex-GWR 1701 Class |
| GWR Swindon Works Swindon Works Swindon railway works were built by the Great Western Railway in 1841 in Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire.-History:In 1835 Parliament approved the construction of a railway between London and Bristol. Its Chief Engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.From 1836, Brunel had been buying... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 37, 30 | 1825, 1834 | ex-GWR 1813 Class GWR 1813 Class The Great Western Railway's 1813 Class was a series of 40 0-6-0 side-tank engines built at Swindon Works in two lots of 20 engines each:* Nos. 1813-1832 * Nos... |
| GWR Swindon Works Swindon Works Swindon railway works were built by the Great Western Railway in 1841 in Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire.-History:In 1835 Parliament approved the construction of a railway between London and Bristol. Its Chief Engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.From 1836, Brunel had been buying... |
0-6-0ST | 1 | 33 | 2756 | ex-GWR 2721 Class GWR 2721 Class The GWR 2721 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were designed by William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1901.... |
Rhymney RailwayRhymney RailwayThe Rhymney Railway was virtually a single stretch of main line, some fifty miles in length, by which the Rhymney Valley was connected to the docks at Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales.-History:...
123 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 given numbers in random series.
| Class | Type | Quantity | RR Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Rhymney Railway A class The Rhymney Railway A class were 0-6-2T tank locomotives introduced into traffic in 1910 and designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank engines, and weighed 64 tons and were 35' 9" in length.... |
0-6-2T | 16 | 10–15, 18–22, 115–119 | 52–62, 71–75 | |
| A1 Rhymney Railway A class The Rhymney Railway A class were 0-6-2T tank locomotives introduced into traffic in 1910 and designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank engines, and weighed 64 tons and were 35' 9" in length.... |
0-6-2T | 8 | 23–30 | 63–70 | |
| AP Rhymney Railway P class The Rhymney Railway P class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1909 designed by the Rhymney Railway's engineer C. T. Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank locomotives, weighed 60tons and were in length.There were initially three locos in the class... |
0-6-2T | 4 | 35–38 | 78–81 | |
| B | 0-6-0WT | 2 | 120–121 | 661–662 | |
| I & J | 0-6-0ST | 11 | 48–53, 033, 036 | 612, 614, 618–619, 622, 625, 629, 631, 657, 659–660 | |
| K | 0-6-2T | 46 | 7–9, 57–61, 67–96, 98–105 | 84–91, 97–101, 105–110, 112–115, 117–119, 122, 127, 129–131, 133–146, 148 | |
| L | 2-4-2T | 2 | 65–66 | 1324–1325 | |
| L1 | 0-6-2T | 2 | 63–64 | 159–150 | |
| M Rhymney Railway M class The Rhymney Railway M class was a class of 0-6-2T tank locomotive introduced into traffic on the Rhymney Railway in 1904. These were substantial sized tank engines, and weighed 66 tons and were in length.... |
0-6-2T | 6 | 16, 106–110 | 33, 47–51 | |
| P Rhymney Railway P class The Rhymney Railway P class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1909 designed by the Rhymney Railway's engineer C. T. Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank locomotives, weighed 60tons and were in length.There were initially three locos in the class... |
0-6-2T | 2 | 4, 6 | 82–83 | |
| P1 Rhymney Railway P class The Rhymney Railway P class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1909 designed by the Rhymney Railway's engineer C. T. Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank locomotives, weighed 60tons and were in length.There were initially three locos in the class... |
0-6-2T | 2 | 5, 31 | 76–77 | |
| R Rhymney Railway R class The Rhymney R class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1907 designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank locomotives, and weighed 67 tons and were 37 feet in length.There were initially three locos in the class augmented to five... |
0-6-2T | 5 | 1–3, 17, 97 | 30–32, 34, 46 | |
| R1 Rhymney Railway R class The Rhymney R class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1907 designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. These were substantial sized tank locomotives, and weighed 67 tons and were 37 feet in length.There were initially three locos in the class augmented to five... |
0-6-2T | 10 | 39–47, 62 | 35–44 | |
| S Rhymney Railway S class The Rhymney s class was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1908 designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. There were initially four locos in the class. A further 4 ‘S1’ locomotives with a larger boiler and higher tractive effort were built in 1920.- External links... |
0-6-0T | 4 | 111–114 | 608–611 | renumbered 93–96 between 1947 and 1949 |
| S1 Rhymney Railway S class The Rhymney s class was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive introduced into traffic in 1908 designed by the railway's engineer Hurry Riches. There were initially four locos in the class. A further 4 ‘S1’ locomotives with a larger boiler and higher tractive effort were built in 1920.- External links... |
0-6-0T | 3 | 32–34 | 604–606 | renumbered 90–92 between 1947 and 1948 |
South Wales Mineral Railway
5 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1923.| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | SWMR No. | GWR No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:... |
0-6-0ST | 2 | 6, 7 | 817, 818 | ex-GWR 1317 and 1324 – South Devon Railway Buffalo class 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... |
| GWR | 0-6-0ST | 3 | 5, 3, 1 | 1546, 1806, 1811 | ex-GWR 645 Class GWR 645 Class The GWR 645 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway . Thirty-six were constructed between 1872-3, of which three were built for the South Wales Mineral Railway , two for the Carmarthen... |
Swansea Harbour Trust
14 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1923.| Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | SHT Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-4-0ST | 1 | 3 | 150 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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| Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. | 0-4-0ST | 1 | 5 | 701 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
Renumbered 1140 in 1948 |
| Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
0-4-0ST | 4 | 7–10 | 886, 926, 930, 933 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
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| Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
0-4-0ST | 3 | 11, 12, 18 | 929, 968, 1098 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
renumbered 1141, 1143, 1145 between 1948 and 1950 |
| Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
0-6-0ST | 3 | 15–17 | 1085, 1086, 937 | 1085 & 1086 renumbered 1146 & 1147 in 1949 |
| Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-4-0ST | 1 | 14 | [GWR 0-4-0ST|943]] | renumbered 1142 in 1948 |
| Hawthorn Leslie | 0-4-0ST | 1 | 13 | 974 GWR 0-4-0ST The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors... |
renumbered 1144 in 1948 |
Taff Vale Railway
The Taff Vale RailwayTaff Vale Railway
The Taff Vale Railway is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales. It operated as an independent company from 1836 until 1922, when it became a constituent company of the Great Western Railway...
and its 275 locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1922.
| Class | Type | Quantity | TVR Nos. | GWR Nos. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Taff Vale Railway A class The Taff Vale Railway A class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by J. Cameron and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1914. The A class was an enlarged version of the Taff Vale Railway O4 class designed by Tom Hurry Riches in 1907.... |
0-6-2T | 58 | 7, 10–12, 20, 45, 75, 80, 90–91, 122–125, 127–130, 132–136, 138–140, 144, 149, 154, 156–160, 162, 164, 165, 400–416, 3, 42, 52, 120 | 335, 337, 343–349, 351–352, 356–357, 360–362, 364–368, 370–391, 393–394, 397–399, 401–404, 406, 408, 438–441 | 401–404, 406, 408, 438–441 renumbered 303–309, 312, 316, 322 between 1947 and 1950 |
| C | 4-4-2T | 6 | 170–175 | 1301–1303, 1305, 1308, 1304 | |
| D | 0-6-0ST | 8 | 250, 270 | 797, 798 | |
| E | 0-6-0ST | 2 | 264, 265 | 795, 796 | |
| H | 0-6-0T | 3 | 141–143 | 792–794 | |
| I | 0-4-0T | 3 | 285–287 | 1133, 1184, 999 | |
| K & L | 0-6-0 | K: 33 L: 9 |
219, 253, 259, 261, 281, 284, 288, 298, 337, 210, 217, 220, 235–236, 239, 242, 245, 283, 297, 301–302, 304, 313–314, 316, 320, 322, 325, 327–328, 333, 335–336, 339–340, 354, 356–360 | 912–933, 935–936, 938–939, 941–944, 946, —, 948, 968–970, 974, 978, 984, 1000–1002 | |
| M1 | 0-6-2T | 41 | 4–5, 14–15, 51, 54, 71, 86–89, 150, 176–181, 16, 22, 24, 50, 53, 74, 145–148, 151–153, 163, 166–169, 344, 349, 362, 364–365 | 442–445, 462, 466, 478, 481–484, 487–493, 503, 505–508, 511, 513, 515–516, 520, 552, 560, 567, 573, 577–580, 582–586 | |
| N | 0-6-2T | 10 | 106–107, 182–189 | 485–486, 494–496, 498–502 | |
| O | 0-6-2T | 6 | 21, 25–26, 33–34, 190 | 446–448, 452–453, 581 | |
| O1 Taff Vale Railway O1 class The Taff Vale Railway O1 class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Tom Hurry Riches and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1894.-Numbering:-Withdrawal and disposal:... |
0-6-2T | 14 | 27–29, 37, 41, 60–65, 70, 73, 78 | 449–451, 454–455, 471–477, 479–480 | |
| O2 Taff Vale Railway O2 class The Taff Vale Railway O2 class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Tom Hurry Riches and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1899.-Numbering:-Withdrawal and disposal:... |
0-6-2T | 9 | 31–32, 44, 66, 81–85 | 412–413, 415, 419, 421, 423–426 | |
| O3 | 0-6-2T | 15 | 18–19, 47, 55, 57, 92–93, 96, 103, 117, 126, 131, 137, 155, 161 | 410–411, 416–418, 427–435, 437 | |
| O4 Taff Vale Railway O4 class The Taff Vale Railway O4 class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Tom Hurry Riches and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1907. They were rebuilt with taper boilers and superheaters by the Great Western Railway from 1924.... |
0-6-2T | 41 | 105, 1–2, 6, 8–9, 17, 35, 38–39, 43, 46, 48–49, 56, 58–59, 67–69, 94–95, 97–98, 101–102, 104, 108–116, 118–119, 121, 13, 36 | 236, 278–295, 420, 296–302, 310–311, 313–315, 317–321, 324, 333, 409, 414 | 420, 300, 310–311, 313, 315, 317–321, 324, 333, 409, 414 renumbered 220, 200, 203–205, 207–211, 215–219 between 1946 and 1950 |
| V | 0-6-0ST | 6 | 99–100, 275, 280, 290–291 | 786–791 | |
| S | 0-4-0ST | 1 | 267 | 1342 | |
| T | 0-4-0ST | 1 | 266 | 1343 | |
| U Taff Vale Railway U1 class The Taff Vale Railway U and U1 classes were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotive operated by Taff Vale Railway, Wales, from 1895. All were still in use when the Taff Vale Railway was acquired by the Great Western Railway in 1922, but were withdrawn from traffic between 1927 and 1931.-Overview:Tom Hurry... |
0-6-2T | 8 | 23, 72, 76–77, 191–194 | 587, 589–591, 593, 595–597 | |
| U1 Taff Vale Railway U1 class The Taff Vale Railway U and U1 classes were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotive operated by Taff Vale Railway, Wales, from 1895. All were still in use when the Taff Vale Railway was acquired by the Great Western Railway in 1922, but were withdrawn from traffic between 1927 and 1931.-Overview:Tom Hurry... |
0-6-2T | 7 | 30, 40, 79, 195–197 | 602, 588, 592, 598–599, 603, 600 | |
Corris RailwayCorris RailwayThe Corris Railway is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire in Mid-Wales....
narrow gauge locomotives:
- No. 3 0-4-20-4-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement with no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
STTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon... - No. 4 0-4-20-4-2Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement with no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...
STTank locomotiveA tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
Two locomotives were transferred to the Great Western Railway when Weston, Clevedon and Portishead RailwayWeston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway was conceived and built initially as a tramway to link the three small North Somerset coastal towns of Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead in the 1880s.-Overview:...
closed in 1940:
- GWR No.5 ex-LB&SCR A1 ClassLB&SCR A1 ClassThe London, Brighton and South Coast Railway A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class have received several nicknames, initially being known as...
0-6-0T "Portishead" - GWR No.6 ex-LB&SCR A1 ClassLB&SCR A1 ClassThe London, Brighton and South Coast Railway A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class have received several nicknames, initially being known as...
0-6-0T
1948 and after
On 1 January 1948 all existing GWR locomotives became the property of the new British Railways (BR); unlike other companies stock, all the steam locomotives continued to carry their GWR numbers. BR continued to build GWR designs (the 1000, 1500, 1600, 4073 and 6959 classes in particular) for a while. When the first BR Standard steam locomotives started to arrive, they were often compared unfavourably to ex-GWR locos, and the Western Region decided to take forward experiments with diesel-hydraulic and gas turbine locomotives.Withdrawal of ex-GWR locomotives took place earlier than for the other 'Big Four' companies as the Western Region took the decision to be the first to end steam traction. A handful of locomotives that had been transferred to other regions did survive for longer however. Ironically, because the Barry scrapyard received large numbers of ex-GWR locomotives, proportionately more survive today in preservation than the locomotives of the other companies.
Named locomotives
Most express passenger locomotives carried distinctive names, generally following themes such as kings (the 6000 classGWR 6000 Class
The Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. With the exception of one Pacific , they were the largest locomotives the GWR built. They were named after kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the reigning...
), cities (3700 class
GWR 3700 Class
The Great Western Railway 3700 Class, or City Class, locomotives were a series of twenty 4-4-0 steam locomotives, designed for hauling express passenger trains.-Construction:...
), counties (3800 class
GWR 3800 Class
The Great Western Railway County Class were a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger train work introduced in 1904 in a batch of ten...
, later the 1000 class
GWR 1000 Class
The Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. Thirty were built between 1945 and 1947, but all were withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s. A replica locomotive is under construction.-Overview:...
), castles (4073 class
GWR 4073 Class
The GWR 4073 Class or Castle class locomotives are a group of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. They were originally designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working the company's express passenger trains.-History:A development of the earlier...
), and halls (4900 class
GWR 4900 Class
The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on design features...
). This tradition dated back to the first locomotives delivered to the railway, for all broad gauge locomotives initially were identified only by names, numbers first appearing on the standard gauge locomotives acquired with the northern companies that became part of the GWR in 1862.
Several locomotives were honoured with the name Great Western. The first was an Iron Duke class
GWR Iron Duke Class
The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.-History:The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon converted to a 4-2-2 arrangement...
broad gauge locomotive built in 1846, the first locomotive entirely constructed at the company’s Swindon locomotive works. This was withdrawn in 1870, but in 1888 a modernised version of the same class was built and given the same name; this was withdrawn just four years later when the broad gauge was taken out of use. A standard gauge 3031 class
GWR 3031 Class
The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotive, number 3012, was then given the Great Western name. The final GWR locomotive to carry the name was Castle class
GWR 4073 Class
The GWR 4073 Class or Castle class locomotives are a group of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. They were originally designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working the company's express passenger trains.-History:A development of the earlier...
number 7007, which continued to carry while working for British Railways. The tradition of using this name has continued with British Rail and modern companies up to the present day.
See also
- GWR locomotive numbering and classificationGWR locomotive numbering and classificationThe GWR was the longest-lived of the pre-nationalisation railway companies in Britain, surviving the 'Grouping' of the railways in 1923 almost unchanged. As a result, the history of its numbering and classification of locomotives is relatively complicated...
- List of broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotive names
- Steam locomotives of British RailwaysSteam locomotives of British RailwaysThe steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the "Big Four"....
- GWR 0-4-0STGWR 0-4-0STThe GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors...