GWR Sir Watkin Class

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Sir Watkin Class
GWR Sir Watkin class engine 'Miles'(Colourised).jpg
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Joseph Armstrong
Builder Great Western Railway
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-0 T
Gauge 7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm)
Wheelbase 15 ft 6 in (4,724 mm)
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm),
dia × stroke
Career
Operators Great Western Railway
Class Sir Watkin

The Great Western Railway Sir Watkin Class were 0-6-0 T broad gauge steam locomotives. 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 This class was introduced into service between December 1865 and the last was withdrawn at the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892. They were all named after directors and senior officers of the railway.

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Three locomotives (Bulkeley, Fowler and Saunders) were sold to the South Devon Railway in June 1872, but returned to the GWR when that railway was absorbed in 1876, when they were given numbers 2157–2159.

Locomotives

Notes

  1. Reed 1953, p. B29, col. 2, para. 3.
  2. Tabor 1956, p. D11.

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