GWR 5101 Class

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5199 is one of nine 5101 Class locomotives preserved.
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5199 is one of nine 5101 Class locomotives preserved.
4141 passes Kinchley Lane bridge on the Great Central Railway.
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4141 passes Kinchley Lane bridge on the Great Central Railway.
5164 at Arley Station on the Severn Valley Railway
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5164 at Arley Station on the Severn Valley Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5101 Class or Large Prairie is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives. They were designed for passenger work and were a development of the earlier 3100 Class. Ten have been preserved, these are 4110, 4115, 4121, 4141, 4144, 4150, 4160, 5164, 5193 and 5199. One of these, 5193, has been rebuilt by the West Somerset Railway into a 2-6-0 resembling the 4300 Class, and numbered 9351.

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Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
Broad gauge locomotives
Gooch: Ariadne - Banking - Bogie - Caesar - Caliph - Firefly - Iron Duke - Leo - Metropolitan - Premier - Prince - Pyracmon - Star - Sun - Victoria - Waverley
J. Armstrong: Hawthorn - Iron Duke - Sir Watkin - Swindon
Standard gauge locomotives
Dean: Dean Goods - Aberdare - Dean Single - Duke - Bulldog - 3600 - Badminton
Churchward: The Great Bear - 1361 - County Tank - 2800 - Saint - 3100 - City - County - Star - 4200 - 4300 - 4400 - 4500 - 4700
Collett: 1366 - 1400 - 2251 - 2884 - ex-ROD 2-8-0 - Earl - Castle - 4575 - Hall - 5101 - 5205 - 5400 - 5600 - 5700 - 5800 - King - 6100 - 6400 - Grange - 7200 - 7400 - Manor
Hawksworth: County - 1500 - 1600 - Modified Hall - 9400