List of GWR broad gauge locomotives

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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 arrangementBuilder
 		Driving wheelsCylinders
 		Intro-
duced		With-
drawn		Number
built		Names
 
 
Thunderer [2] A010-4-0+66 ft 0 in16 in × 20 in183818391Thunderer
Hurricane [3] A022-2-2+610 ft 0 in16 in × 20 in183818391
Hurricane loco.jpg
Hurricane
Designs to the Brunel specification [4] A11 2-2-2 various: Mather, Dixon, Charles Tayleur, Sharp, Roberts, Haigh Foundry 1837184717Premier, 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 invarious1837187112
North Star Steam museum Swindon (3).jpg
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 in15 in × 18 in [note 4] 18401878 [note 5] 62
Fire Fly 6023 Didcot (2).jpg
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 [9] A14 2-2-2 6 ft 0 in14 in × 18 in18401849
all rebuilt as 2-2-2ST Wolf class 		21Sun, Sunbeam, Eclipse, Meridian, Comet, Meteor, Aurora, Hesperus, Gazelle, Wolf, Djerid, Javelin, Antelope, Zebra, Lance, Yataghan, Giraffe, Assagais, Rocket, Stiletto, Creese
Priam [10] A15 2-2-2 GWR7 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in184618716Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch [note 6] , Queen, Sylph
Great Western [11] A16 2-2-2 8 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in18461Great Western
Alma [12] A17 4-2-2 8 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in
GWR Hirondelle.jpg
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 [13] A18 4-2-2 GWR8 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in1870189225
GWR broad gauge locomotives.jpg
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 [14] A19 2-2-2 GWR7 ft 8.5 in20 in × 24 in1891189283021-3028
Wolf [15] A21 4-2-2ST7 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184918716North Star, Orion, Bright Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Rising Star, Shooting Star
Wolf [16] A23 2-2-2ST6 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184618701Venus
Wolf [17] A24 2-2-2STmost rebuilt from Sun class 6 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in1849187627Antelope, Assagais, Atlas, Aurora, Comet, Creese, Djerid, Eagle, Eclipse, Fire Ball [note 7] , Fire King, [note 7] Gazelle, Giraffe, Hesperus, Javelin, Lance, Meridian, Meteor, Rocket, Snake, Stiletto, Sun, Sunbeam, Viper, Wolf, Yataghan, Zebra
Wolf [18] A25 2-2-2Trebuilt from #A11 7 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184618723Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan
Leo [19] A31 2-4-0 5 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in1841rebuilt as Leo 2-4-0T 18Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Abbot,
Waverley before 1865 [20] 		A32 4-4-0 7 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in1855187610Lalla Rookh, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, Rob Roy, Waverley, Coeur de Lion, Pirate, Abbot, Red Gauntlet
Victoria [21] A33 2-4-0 6 ft 6 in16 in × 24 in1856188018Napoleon, Victoria, Leopold, Oscar, Abdul Medjid, Victor Emanuel, Alexander, Otho, Brunel, Locke, Stephenson, Trevithick, Smeaton, Fulton, Watt, Telford, Rennie, Brindley
Metropolitan [22] A34 2-4-0 rebuilt from Metropolitan 2-4-0T 6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in186518737Hornet, Mogul, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel
Hawthorn [23] A35 2-4-0 Stothert, Slaughter & Co,
GWR		6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18651877, [note 8] 189226Hawthorn, 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 [24] A36 2-4-0 7 ft 0.5 in14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound 1886189218
Dean express 2-4-0 [25] A37 2-4-0 7 ft 0.5 in20 in × 24 in18881892214, 16
3501 [26] A38 2-4-0 rebuilt from the 2-4-0T 3501 5 ft 1 in17 in × 26 in1890189253501, 3502, 3505, 3507, 3508
Leo [19] A41 2-4-0STrebuilt from Leo 2-4-0 5 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in187418Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Bogie [27] A42 4-4-0ST R. & W. Hawthorn & Co., two GWR5 ft 9 in17 in × 24 in1849188013
GWR bogie class Horace.jpg
Corsair, Brigand, Sappho, Homer, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Juvenal, Seneca, Lucretius, Theocritus, Statius, Euripides, Hesiod, Lucan
Metropolitan [28] A43 2-4-0T6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18621877, 7 rebuilt to 2-4-0 22Hornet, Shah, Bee, Gnat, Bey, Wasp, Mosquito, Locust, Czar, Mogul, Kaiser, Khan, Rose, Thistle, Fleur de Lis, Shamrock, Camelia, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel
Hawthorn [29] A44 2-4-0Trebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns 5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in1877189210
GWR Roberts at Swindon 1892.jpg
Melling, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Beyer, Ostrich, Penn, Stewart, Pollux, Cerebus
3501 [26] A45 2-4-0TGWR5 ft 1 in17 in × 26 in18851890, [note 9] 1892103501-3510
3521 [30] A46 0-4-2STGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18881891 [note 10] 193541–3559
3521 [30] A47 0-4-4T rebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18891892 [note 11] 183541–3560 [note 12]
Fury [31] A51 0-6-0 Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co 5 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184218714Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos
[32] A52 0-6-0 Stothert, Slaughter & Co 5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18461Avalanche, rebuilt as 0-6-0ST Banking class
Fury [33] A53 0-6-0 GWR5 ft 0 in or 4 ft 6 in16 in × 24 in1846187212Premier, Ajax, Argo, Bellerophon, Vesuvius, Dreadnought, Telica, Fury, Bergion, Briareus, Brontes, Jason
Caesar [34] (Pyracmon)A54 0-6-0 GWR5 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in184718736Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator
Fury [35] A55 0-6-0 GWR5 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in184918691Bacchus
Caesar [34] A56 0-6-0 GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in
(initially 16 in × 24 in)		185118808Dido, Volcano, Thunderer, Caesar, Florence, Nora Creina, Hero, Druid
Caesar [36] (Ariadne & Caliph classes)A57 0-6-0 GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18521892102
GWR Nemesis at Trowbridge.jpg
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 [37] A58 0-6-0 GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in1865189214Swindon, London, Bristol, Bath, Windsor, Oxford, Reading, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Newport, Shrewsbury
388 [38] A59 0-6-0 GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18651892201196–1215
Banking [39] A61 0-6-0STGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in185218895Avalanche, Juno, (renamed to Stromboli after sale to the South Devon Railway) [39] Iago, Plato, Bithon
Sir Watkin [40] A62 0-6-0TGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18666Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler
A63 0-6-0ST1892
1076 [41] A64 0-6-0STGWR4 ft 6 in17 in × 24 in18761892501228–1257, 1561–1580

Notes

  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. ↑ Six of these locos (Charon, Saturn, Ganymede, Spit Fire, Lethe and Gorgon) were sold to the Metropolitan Board of Works to be stationary engines for pumping sewage. [8]
  6. ↑ 7 ft 6 in drivers [10]
  7. 1 2 rebuilt from Priam class [17]
  8. ↑ Ten of the 2-4-0 Hawthorns were rebuilt in 1887 as the 2-4-0T Hawthorn class [23]
  9. ↑ Half of the class were rebuilt as 2-4-0 3501 in 1890 [26]
  10. ↑ 17 of these rebuilt from 1890 as 0-4-4T 3521 class [30]
  11. ↑ Converted to standard gauge from 1892, but all rebuilt as tender locomotives in the late 1890s. [30]
  12. ↑ 3560 was a new build. [30]

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References

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  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. ↑ Garnsworthy, Paul (2023). "Broad gauge locomotives purchased by the Metropolitan Board of Works" (PDF). London's Industrial Archaeology. Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society . Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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  10. 1 2 Sheppard 2008 , p. 16, Priam
  11. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 16, Great Western
  12. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 17, Alma
  13. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 18, Alma
  14. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 18, 3001
  15. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 18, Wolf
  16. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 19, Wolf
  17. 1 2 Sheppard 2008 , pp. 19–20, Wolf
  18. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 20–21, Wolf
  19. 1 2 Sheppard 2008 , pp. 20–21, 26–27, Leo
  20. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 22–23, Abbot
  21. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 22–23, Victoria
  22. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 24, Metropolitan, 2-4-0
  23. 1 2 Sheppard 2008 , pp. 24–25, Hawthorn
  24. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 25, Compound
  25. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 25, Dean express
  26. 1 2 3 Sheppard 2008 , pp. 26, 29, 3501
  27. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 27, Bogie
  28. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 28, Metropolitan, 2-4-0T
  29. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 29, Hawthorn
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 Sheppard 2008 , p. 30, 3521
  31. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 31, Fury, A51
  32. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 31,
  33. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 31–32, Fury, A53
  34. 1 2 Sheppard 2008 , p. 32, Caesar
  35. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 31, Fury
  36. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 33–35, Caesar
  37. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 36–37, Swindon
  38. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , p. 37, 388
  39. 1 2 Sheppard 2008 , p. 37, Banking
  40. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 38–39, Sir Watkin
  41. ↑ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 39–40, 1076
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