List of GWR broad gauge locomotives
This is a list of the 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge locomotives of the Great Western Railway.[note 1] It excludes those purchased from constituent companies, or acquired through amalgamations.
Class | code [note 2] | Wheel arrangement | Builder | Driving wheels | Cylinders | Intro- duced | With- drawn | Number built | Names |
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Thunderer[2] | A01 | 0-4-0+6 | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 20 in | 1838 | 1839 | 1 | Thunderer | |
Hurricane[3] | A02 | 2-2-2+6 | 10 ft 0 in | 16 in × 20 in | 1838 | 1839 | 1 | ![]() | |
Designs to the Brunel specification[4] | A11 | 2-2-2 | various: Mather, Dixon, Charles Tayleur, Sharp, Roberts, Haigh Foundry | 1837 | 1847 | 17 | Premier, Aeolus, Bacchus, Apollo, Vulcan, Neptune, Ariel, Lion, Atlas, Venus, Viper,[note 3] Snake, Eagle, Ajax, Planet, Mercury, Mars | ||
Priam[6] | A12 | 2-2-2 | Robert Stephenson & Co. | 7 ft 0 in | various | 1837 | 1871 | 12 | ![]() |
Priam[7] | A13 | 2-2-2 | 7 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in[note 4] | 1840 | 1878[note 5] | 62 | ![]() | |
Sun[9] | A14 | 2-2-2 | 6 ft 0 in | 14 in × 18 in | 1840 | 1849 all rebuilt as 2-2-2ST Wolf class | 21 | Sun, Sunbeam, Eclipse, Meridian, Comet, Meteor, Aurora, Hesperus, Gazelle, Wolf, Djerid, Javelin, Antelope, Zebra, Lance, Yataghan, Giraffe, Assagais, Rocket, Stiletto, Creese | |
Priam[10] | A15 | 2-2-2 | GWR | 7 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1846 | 1871 | 6 | Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch[note 6], Queen, Sylph |
Great Western[11] | A16 | 2-2-2 | 8 ft 0 in | 18 in × 24 in | 1846 | 1 | Great Western | ||
Alma[12] | A17 | 4-2-2 | 8 ft 0 in | 18 in × 24 in | ![]() | ||||
Alma[13] | A18 | 4-2-2 | GWR | 8 ft 0 in | 18 in × 24 in | 1870 | 1892 | 25 | ![]() |
3001[14] | A19 | 2-2-2 | GWR | 7 ft 8.5 in | 20 in × 24 in | 1891 | 1892 | 8 | 3021-3028 |
Wolf[15] | A21 | 4-2-2ST | 7 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1849 | 1871 | 6 | North Star, Orion, Bright Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Rising Star, Shooting Star | |
Wolf[16] | A23 | 2-2-2ST | 6 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1846 | 1870 | 1 | Venus | |
Wolf[17] | A24 | 2-2-2ST | most rebuilt from Sun class | 6 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1849 | 1876 | 27 | Antelope, Assagais, Atlas, Aurora, Comet, Creese, Djerid, Eagle, Eclipse, Fire Ball[note 7], Fire King,[note 7] Gazelle, Giraffe, Hesperus, Javelin, Lance, Meridian, Meteor, Rocket, Snake, Stiletto, Sun, Sunbeam, Viper, Wolf, Yataghan, Zebra |
Wolf[18] | A25 | 2-2-2T | rebuilt from #A11 | 7 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1846 | 1872 | 3 | Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan |
Leo[19] | A31 | 2-4-0 | 5 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1841 | rebuilt as Leo 2-4-0T | 18 | Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces | |
Abbot, Waverley before 1865[20] | A32 | 4-4-0 | 7 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1855 | 1876 | 10 | Lalla Rookh, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, Rob Roy, Waverley, Coeur de Lion, Pirate, Abbot, Red Gauntlet | |
Victoria[21] | A33 | 2-4-0 | 6 ft 6 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1856 | 1880 | 18 | Napoleon, Victoria, Leopold, Oscar, Abdul Medjid, Victor Emanuel, Alexander, Otho, Brunel, Locke, Stephenson, Trevithick, Smeaton, Fulton, Watt, Telford, Rennie, Brindley | |
Metropolitan[22] | A34 | 2-4-0 | rebuilt from Metropolitan 2-4-0T | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1873 | 7 | Hornet, Mogul, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel |
Hawthorn[23] | A35 | 2-4-0 | Stothert, Slaughter & Co, GWR | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1877,[note 8] 1892 | 26 | Hawthorn, Hackworth, John Gray, Murdock, Melling, Gooch, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Fenton, Dewrance, Foster, Blenkensop, Avonside (originally named Slaughter) on delivery, Beyer, Hawk, Ostrich, Penn, Peacock, Stewart, Phlegethon, Pollux, Sharp, Wood, Acheron, Cerebus |
Compound[24] | A36 | 2-4-0 | 7 ft 0.5 in | 14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound | 1886 | 1892 | 1 | 8 | |
Dean express 2-4-0[25] | A37 | 2-4-0 | 7 ft 0.5 in | 20 in × 24 in | 1888 | 1892 | 2 | 14, 16 | |
3501[26] | A38 | 2-4-0 | rebuilt from the 2-4-0T 3501 | 5 ft 1 in | 17 in × 26 in | 1890 | 1892 | 5 | 3501, 3502, 3505, 3507, 3508 |
Leo[19] | A41 | 2-4-0ST | rebuilt from Leo 2-4-0 | 5 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1874 | 18 | Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces | |
Bogie[27] | A42 | 4-4-0ST | R. & W. Hawthorn & Co., two GWR | 5 ft 9 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1849 | 1880 | 13 | ![]() |
Metropolitan[28] | A43 | 2-4-0T | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1862 | 1877, 7 rebuilt to 2-4-0 | 22 | Hornet, Shah, Bee, Gnat, Bey, Wasp, Mosquito, Locust, Czar, Mogul, Kaiser, Khan, Rose, Thistle, Fleur de Lis, Shamrock, Camelia, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel | |
Hawthorn[29] | A44 | 2-4-0T | rebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1877 | 1892 | 10 | ![]() |
3501[26] | A45 | 2-4-0T | GWR | 5 ft 1 in | 17 in × 26 in | 1885 | 1890,[note 9] 1892 | 10 | 3501-3510 |
3521[30] | A46 | 0-4-2ST | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1888 | 1891[note 10] | 19 | 3541 – 3559 |
3521[30] | A47 | 0-4-4T | rebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1889 | 1892[note 11] | 18 | 3541 – 3560[note 12] |
Fury[31] | A51 | 0-6-0 | Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co | 5 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1842 | 1871 | 4 | Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos |
[32] | A52 | 0-6-0 | Stothert, Slaughter & Co | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1846 | 1 | Avalanche, rebuilt as 0-6-0ST Banking class | |
Fury[33] | A53 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in or 4 ft 6 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1846 | 1872 | 12 | Premier, Ajax, Argo, Bellerophon, Vesuvius, Dreadnought, Telica, Fury, Bergion, Briareus, Brontes, Jason |
Caesar[34] (Pyracmon) | A54 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1847 | 1873 | 6 | Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator |
Fury[35] | A55 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1849 | 1869 | 1 | Bacchus |
Caesar[34] | A56 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in (initially 16 in × 24 in) | 1851 | 1880 | 8 | Dido, Volcano, Thunderer, Caesar, Florence, Nora Creina, Hero, Druid |
Caesar[36] (Ariadne & Caliph classes) | A57 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1852 | 1892 | 102 | ![]() |
Swindon[37] | A58 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1892 | 14 | Swindon, London, Bristol, Bath, Windsor, Oxford, Reading, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Newport, Shrewsbury |
388[38] | A59 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1892 | 20 | 1196–1215 |
Banking[39] | A61 | 0-6-0ST | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1852 | 1889 | 5 | Avalanche, Juno, (renamed to Stromboli after sale to the South Devon Railway)[39] Iago, Plato, Bithon |
Sir Watkin[40] | A62 | 0-6-0T | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1866 | 6 | Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler | |
A63 | 0-6-0ST | 1892 | |||||||
1076[41] | A64 | 0-6-0ST | GWR | 4 ft 6 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1876 | 1892 | 50 | 1228–1257, 1561–1580 |
Notes
- ^ This article uses the class groups and names from Sheppard (2008), as the most recent and most authoritative study.[1]
- ^ Broad Gauge Society class code
- ^ Viper ended its days in the 1860s working the Portskewett Branch of the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway.[5]
- ^ later 16 in × 20 in from 1844
- ^ Six of these locos (Charon, Saturn, Ganymede, Spit Fire, Lethe and Gorgon) were sold to the Metropolitan Board of Works to be stationary engines for pumping sewage.[8]
- ^ 7 ft 6 in drivers[10]
- ^ a b rebuilt from Priam class[17]
- ^ Ten of the 2-4-0 Hawthorns were rebuilt in 1887 as the 2-4-0T Hawthorn class[23]
- ^ Half of the class were rebuilt as 2-4-0 3501 in 1890[26]
- ^ 17 of these rebuilt from 1890 as 0-4-4T 3521 class[30]
- ^ Converted to standard gauge from 1892, but all rebuilt as tender locomotives in the late 1890s.[30]
- ^ 3560 was a new build.[30]
References
- ^ Sheppard, Geof (2008). Broad Gauge Locomotives. Noodle Books / Broad Gauge Society. ISBN 978-1-906-419-09-7.
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Thunderer
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Hurricane
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 11–12,
- ^ Smith, Richard (2013). Portskewett Railways. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1491294031.
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 13, Priam
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 14–15, Priam
- ^ Garnsworthy, Paul (2023). "Broad gauge locomotives purchased by the Metropolitan Board of Works" (PDF). London's Industrial Archaeology. Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 15–16,
- ^ a b Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Priam
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Great Western
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 17, Alma
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 18, Alma
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 18, 3001
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 18, Wolf
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 19, Wolf
- ^ a b Sheppard 2008, pp. 19–20, Wolf
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21, Wolf
- ^ a b Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21, 26–27, Leo
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Abbot
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Victoria
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 24, Metropolitan, 2-4-0
- ^ a b Sheppard 2008, pp. 24–25, Hawthorn
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Compound
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Dean express
- ^ a b c Sheppard 2008, pp. 26, 29, 3501
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 27, Bogie
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 28, Metropolitan, 2-4-0T
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 29, Hawthorn
- ^ a b c d e Sheppard 2008, p. 30, 3521
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury, A51
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 31,
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 31–32, Fury, A53
- ^ a b Sheppard 2008, p. 32, Caesar
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 33–35, Caesar
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 36–37, Swindon
- ^ Sheppard 2008, p. 37, 388
- ^ a b Sheppard 2008, p. 37, Banking
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 38–39, Sir Watkin
- ^ Sheppard 2008, pp. 39–40, 1076
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