GWR Waverley Class

Great Western Railway Waverley Class
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Daniel Gooch
Builder Robert Stephenson & Co.
Specifications
Configuration 4-4-0
Gauge 7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm)
Leading dia 4 ft 3 in (1,295 mm)
Driver diameter 7 ft 0 in (2,134 mm)
Wheelbase 16 ft 0 14 in (4,883 mm)
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm), dia × stroke
Career
Operators Great Western Railway
Class Waverley

The Great Western Railway Waverley Class were 4-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.

The class was introduced into service between February and June 1855, and withdrawn between February 1872 and November 1876. From about 1865, the Waverley Class was known as the Abbot Class.

The names are inspired by the Waverley novels of Sir Walter Scott.

Locomotives

The Abbot is one of the Waverley novels.
The Antiquary is one of the Waverley novels.
Coeur de Lion is the nickname of King Richard I of England, who appears in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Talisman.
Ivanhoe is one of the Waverley novels.
Lalla-Rookh was a poem by Thomas Moore.
The Pirate is one of the Waverley novels.
Redgauntlet is one of the Waverley novels.
Rob Roy is the title of one of the Waverley novels and the nickname of Robert Roy MacGregor.
Robin Hood was an English folk hero.
Waverley is the first title in the Waverley series of novels.

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