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
 
 
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
Hurricane
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
North Star, Morning Star, Evening Star, Dog Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Load Star, Rising Star, Bright Star, Shooting Star, Royal Star, Western Star
Priam[7] A13 2-2-2 7 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in[note 4] 1840 1878 62
Spit Fire, Wild Fire, Leopard, Fire Ball, Fire King, Fire Brand, Fire Fly, Charon, Panther, Lynx, Stag, Hawk, Vulture, Cyclops, Falcon, Ostrich, Greyhound, Mazeppa, Arab, Jupiter, Cerebus, Achilles, Milo, Saturn, Arrow, Dart, Hector, Mars, Harpy, Pluto, Castor, Mentor, Lucifer, Minos, Ixion, Mercury, Venus, Gorgon, Hecate, Bellona, Vesta, Actaeon, Centaur, Acheron, Erebus, Medea, Damon, Electra, Orion, Priam, Lethe, Hydra, Phlegethon, Medusa, Proserpine, Ganymede, Pollux, Argus, Phoenix, Pegasus, Stentor
Sun[8] 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[9] A15 2-2-2 GWR 7 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1846 1871 6 Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch[note 5], Queen, Sylph
Great Western[10] A16 2-2-2 8 ft 0 in 18 in × 24 in 1846 1 Great Western
Alma[11] A17 4-4-2 8 ft 0 in 18 in × 24 in
Great Western, Iron Duke, Great Britain, Lightning, Emperor, Sultan, Pasha, Courier, Tartar, Dragon, Warlock, Wizard, Rougemont, Hirondelle, Tornado, Swallow, Timour, Prometheus, Perseus, Estaffete, Rover, Amazon, Lord of the Isles, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Kertch, Crimea, Eupatoria, Sebastopol
Alma[11] A18 4-4-2 GWR 8 ft 0 in 18 in × 24 in 1870 1892 25
Estaffete, Prometheus, Great Britain, Rover, Swallow, Balaklava, Hirondelle, Timour, Iron Duke, Tartar, Sultan, Warlock, Lightning, Amazon, Crimea, Eupatoria, Inkermann, Courier, Bulkeley, Dragon, Emperor, Sebastopol, Alma, Great Western, Tornado,
3001[12] A19 2-2-2 GWR 7 ft 8½ in 20 in × 24 in 1891 1892 8 3021-3028
Wolf[13] 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[14] A23 2-2-2ST 6 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in 1846 1870 1 Venus
Wolf[15] 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 6], Fire King,[note 6] Gazelle, Giraffe, Hesperus, Javelin, Lance, Meridian, Meteor, Rocket, Snake, Stiletto, Sun, Sunbeam, Viper, Wolf, Yataghan, Zebra
Wolf[16] A25 2-2-2T rebuilt from #A11 7 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in 1846 1872 3 Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan
Leo[17] 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,
before 1865 Waverley[18] 		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[19] 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[20] 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[21] A35 2-4-0 Stothert, Slaughter & Co,
GWR 		6 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1865 1877,[note 7] 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[22] A36 2-4-0 7 ft ½ in 14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound 1886 1892 1 8
Dean express 2-4-0[23] A37 2-4-0 7 ft ½ in 20 in × 24 in 1888 1892 2 14, 16
3501[24] 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[17] 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[25] A42 4-4-0ST R. & W. Hawthorn & Co., two GWR 5 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1849 1880 13
Corsair, Brigand, Sappho, Homer, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Juvenal, Seneca, Lucretius, Theocritus, Statius, Euripides, Hesiod, Lucan
Metropolitan[26] 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[27] A44 2-4-0T rebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns 5 ft 17 in × 24 in 1877 1892 10
Melling, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Beyer, Ostrich, Penn, Stewart, Pollux, Cerebus
3501[24] A45 2-4-0T GWR 5 ft 1 in 17 in × 26 in 1885 1890,[note 8] 1892 10 3501-3510
3521[28] A46 0-4-2ST GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1888 1891[note 9] 19 3541 – 3559
3521[28] A47 0-4-4T rebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1889 1892[note 10] 18 3541 – 3560[note 11]
Fury[29] A51 0-6-0 Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co 5 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in 1842 1871 4 Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos
'[30] 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[31] 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[32] (Pyracmon) A54 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1847 1873 6 Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator
Fury[33] A55 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1849 1869 1 Bacchus
Caesar[32] 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[34] (Ariadne & Caliph classes) A57 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1852 1892 102
Flirt, Giaour, Hebe, Pearl, Ariadne, Leander, Cato, Europa, Nelson, Trafalgar, Cicero, Ulysses, Diana, Minerva, Cupid, Coquette, Psyche, Hecuba, Romulus, Remus, Wellington, Monarch, Zina, Brutus, Ceres, Ruby, Flora, Thames, Neptune, Vesper, Iris, Cyprus, Caliph, Janus, Orson, Vixen, Sibyl, Salus, Banshee, Sphinx, Cambyses, Midas, Nimrod, Geryon, Nero, Nemesis, Octavia, Plutus, Zetes, Metis, Rhea, Typhon, Osiris, Pelops, Creon, Panthea, Amphion, Magi, Pallas, Gyfeillon, Mersey, Severn, Tweed, Avon, Esk, Humber, Boyne, Liffey, Shannon, Clyde, Forth, Tay, Wear, Tyne, Wye, Plym, Rhondda, Tamar, Gladiator, Lagoon, Talbot, Warhawk, Warrior, Severus, Sirius, Pioneer, Hades, Chronus, Orpheus, Olympus, Plutarch, Regulus, Cossack, Tantalus, Theseus, Champion, Sylla, Leonidas, Pandora, Xerxes, Luna, Ethon
Swindon[35] 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[36] A59 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1865 1892 20 1196–1215
Banking[37] A61 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1852 1889 5 Avalanche, Juno, (renamed to Stromboli after sale to the South Devon Railway)[37] Iago, Plato, Bithon
Sir Watkin[37] 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[38] A64 0-6-0ST GWR 4 ft 6 in 17 in × 24 in 1876 1892 50 1228–1257, 1561–1580

References

  1. ↑ This article uses the class groups and names from Sheppard (2008), as the most recent and most authoritative study.[1]
  2. ↑ Broad Gauge Society class code
  3. ↑ Viper ended its days in the 1860s working the Portskewett Branch of the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway.[5]
  4. ↑ later 16 in × 20 in from 1844
  5. ↑ 7 ft 6 in drivers[9]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 rebuilt from Priam class[15]
  7. ↑ Ten of the 2-4-0 Hawthorns were rebuilt in 1887 as the 2-4-0T Hawthorn class[21]
  8. ↑ Half of the class were rebuilt as 2-4-0 3501 in 1890[24]
  9. ↑ 17 of these rebuilt from 1890 as 0-4-4T 3521 class[28]
  10. ↑ Converted to standard gauge from 1892, but all rebuilt as tender locomotives in the late 1890s.[28]
  11. ↑ 3560 was a new build.[28]
  1. ↑ Sheppard, Geof (2008). Broad Gauge Locomotives. Noodle Books / Broad Gauge Society. ISBN 978-1-906-419-09-7.
  2. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Thunderer
  3. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Hurricane
  4. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 11–12, '
  5. ↑ Smith, Richard (2013). Portskewett Railways. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1491294031.
  6. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 13, Priam
  7. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 14–15, Priam
  8. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 15–16, '
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Priam
  10. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Great Western
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sheppard 2008, p. 17, Alma
  12. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 18, 3001
  13. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 18, Wolf
  14. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 19, Wolf
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Sheppard 2008, pp. 19–20, Wolf
  16. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21, Wolf
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21,26–27, Leo
  18. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Abbot
  19. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Victoria
  20. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 24, Metropolitan, 2-4-0
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Sheppard 2008, pp. 24–25, Hawthorn
  22. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Compound
  23. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Dean express
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Sheppard 2008, pp. 26,29, 3501
  25. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 27, Bogie
  26. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 28, Metropolitan, 2-4-0T
  27. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 29, Hawthorn
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 Sheppard 2008, p. 30, 3521
  29. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury, A51
  30. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 31, '
  31. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 31–32, Fury, A53
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Sheppard 2008, p. 32, Caesar
  33. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury
  34. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 33–35, Caesar
  35. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 36–37, Swindon
  36. ↑ Sheppard 2008, p. 37, 388
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Sheppard 2008, p. 37, Banking
  38. ↑ Sheppard 2008, pp. 39–40, 1076