GWR Waverley Class

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Great Western Railway Waverley Class
The Waverley, or Abbot class locomotive "Rob Roy".jpg
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Daniel Gooch
Builder Robert Stephenson & Co.
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 4-4-0
Gauge 7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm)
Leading dia. 4 ft 3 in (1,295 mm)
Driver dia.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.

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The class was introduced into service between February and June 1855, and withdrawn between February 1872 and November 1876.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 mostly inspired by the Waverley novels of Sir Walter Scott.

Locomotives

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