GWR 4100 Class

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GWR 4100 class
3373 Atbara.jpg
Atbara class engine No. 3373 Atbara
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer William Dean
BuilderGWR Swindon Works
Order numberLots 109, 125, 126, 176
Serial number1592–1611, 1826–1865, 2330–2349
Build date1897–1908
Total produced80
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 4-4-0
 •  UIC 2′B n2
Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Cylinders Two
Career
Operators Great Western Railway
Numbers
  • New: 3291–3311, 3373–3412, 4101–4120
  • from 1912: 4100–4172
DispositionAll scrapped

The GWR 4100 Class was a class of steam locomotives in the Great Western Railway (GWR) of the United Kingdom.

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The Badminton class express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives were introduced in 1897 as a development from the earlier Duke class. The name Badminton was chosen after the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate, through which the GWR was building a new line to South Wales at the time. [1]

Further modifications to the design resulted in the Atbara Class entering service in 1900, the names for these locomotives generally being taken from contemporary military engagements or senior army commanders. Later engines were named after cities of the British Empire.

The final batch of locomotives were named after varieties of garden plant and in consequence were known as the Flower Class.

These three types were later standardised and treated as a single class, so are listed together here. Four other prototype 4-4-0s, originally built in 1894 as the Armstrong Class, were also later rebuilt as Badmintons (see below).

This class were subject to the 1912 renumbering of GWR 4-4-0 locomotives, which saw the Bulldog Class gathered together in the series 3300–3455, and other types renumbered out of that series. This class took numbers 4100–4172 (of which numbers 4101–4120 had previously been used by Flower Class locomotives).

Badminton class

The first member of the class, no. 3292, was completed in December 1897 with a domed parallel boiler, a raised Belpaire firebox and an extended, built-up smokebox similar to that used on the Duke Class. [2] The outside frames were curved over each driving wheel axle. [3] It was named Badminton in April 1898. [4] A batch of eleven locomotives, nos. 3293 to 3303, were completed between April and July 1898, with a further batch of eight, nos. 3304 to 3311, between September 1898 and January 1899. [5] The class were the first locomotives on the GWR to be fitted with copper Belpaire fireboxes. [6] The penultimate example, no. 3310 Waterford, was fitted with a domeless parallel boiler, a steel Belpaire firebox, and an enlarged cab. [5] [6]

The class were fitted with a steam chest and slide valves located beneath the cylinders. The valves were driven by Stephenson valve gear. [7] This inverted arrangement of slide valves and steam chest, originally introduced by William Stroudley of the LB&SCR, allowed the valves to drop away from the cylinder's steam port faces when the regulator was closed, thus reducing wear. [8] Because the steam chest was below the cylinders, and not between them, the latter could have an increased diameter. The centre line of the cylinders was inclined at an angle of 6° to the centre line of the valves, each centre line being aligned with the driving centre. This arrangement allowed the valve rods to be driven directly from the expansion link. [8] [9] [10] First used on the Armstrong and 3031 Classes, this arrangement of cylinders, valves and valve gear was subsequently used on all GWR outside framed 4-4-0s, with the slide valves being eventually replaced by piston valves. [11]

The crankpins for the coupling rods were placed in line with the corresponding inside crankpins for the connecting rods. [5] [6] This arrangement was also developed by Stroudley, who claimed that the motion of the inside cranks was smoothly transferred to the coupling rods, as happens in an outside-cylindered engine, where the connecting rod acts directly on a crankpin shared with the coupling rod. According to Stroudley, the axleboxes, bearing surfaces, hornblocks and coupling rods of locomotives with outside cylinders had a service life twice as long as those on inside-cylindered examples. [12] However, by aligning the two cranks together, heavy balancing weights were required on the driving wheels, at 180° to the outside crank, to counteract the combined mass of the cranks and rods. [5] The Badmintons had massive crescent-shaped balancing weights, which made the unmounted pairs of wheels difficult to handle in the workshop. [6]

NumbersNames
FirstSecond (1912)FirstSecond
32924100 Badminton
32934101 Barrington
32944102 Blenheim
32954103 Bessborough
32964104 Cambria
32974105 Earl Cawdor
32984106 Grosvenor
32994107 Hubbard Alexander Hubbard
33004108 Hotspur
33014109 Monarch
33024110 Mortimer Charles Mortimer
33034111 Marlborough
33044112 Oxford Name removed in 1927
33054113 Samson
33064114 Shelburne
33074115 Shrewsbury Name removed in 1927
33084116 Savernake
33094117 Shakespeare
33104118 Waterford
33114119 Wynnstay

One locomotive of the Badminton Class was rebuilt with an experimental boiler. With the impending opening of the direct Reading-Taunton route which was of more undulating nature than the route via Bristol, there was a need to ensure that the most appropriate locomotives were provided. Churchward's Chief Assistant, F.G. Wright, designed a large boiler with a very deep firebox, which was fitted to no. 3297 Earl Cawdor in July 1903. [13] The boiler was designed to hold a large volume of hot water, forming a reservoir to assist the locomotive running along an undulating line. [14] It also provided a steam space of 85.13 cu ft (2.411 m3) as against the 76.2 cu ft (2.16 m3) of the Standard No. 4 boiler, the larger of the two types of standard boiler fitted to the 4-4-0s. [15] [16] This increase in volume was intended to provide a reservoir of steam. [16] The firebox was set deep between the coupled axles, with a horizontal grate. [14] The intention with this was to allow a thick fire to be built up, increasing the area of the firebox in contact with the fire, and decreasing the temperature gradient along the firebox plates, thus reducing the risk of broken firebox stays. [13] The boiler was pressed to 210 lbf/in2 (1.4 MPa). [16] No. 3297 was also fitted with a large cab with two side windows, reminiscent of North Eastern practice. [16] [17] The locomotive was regularly rostered on the most demanding trains, but it soon became apparent that it was not up to the work demanded and it was relegated to secondary duties. In October 1906 the boiler was removed and replaced by a Standard No.4 boiler, the North Eastern style side-window cab having been replaced by a Churchward type in November 1904. [17]

Atbara class

No. 3373 Atbara was built in April 1900, the first of a class of forty locomotives. [18] Instead of the curved outside frames of the Badmintons, this class had straight-topped frames, which became the standard pattern for all subsequent outside-framed 4-4-0s. [19] These straight frames were less prone to fracturing, because of the greater depth of plate between the coupled wheels. [6] The Atbaras retained the Stroudley crank layout, cylinders, valves and valve gear of the Badmintons, but differed in the boiler, which was a parallel domeless Standard No. 2 type. [20] [21] No. 3405 Mauritius was reboilered in September 1902 with a tapered boiler, a prototype for the Standard No. 4 type. [22] It was the first GWR 4-4-0 to be fitted with a tapered (or coned) boiler. [23] Following this, another nine Atbaras, nos. 3400 to 3404 and 3406 to 3409, were rebuilt with No. 4 boilers between February 1907 and February 1909. The ten were added to the City Class. [18] [24] No. 3382 Mafeking was heavily damaged in an accident that occurred just after midnight on 25 June 1911 at Henley-in-Arden. Adjudged unrepairable, it was withdrawn in September 1911, so was not included in the 1912 renumbering. [25] The remaining Atbaras were withdrawn between April 1927 and May 1931. [18]

Atbara Class locomotive no. 3373, in Royal Sovereign livery, on February 2, 1901. 3373 Atbara in Royal Sovereign livery.png
Atbara Class locomotive no. 3373, in Royal Sovereign livery, on February 2, 1901.
NumbersNames
FirstSecond (1912)FirstSecondThird
33734120 Atbara
33744121 Baden Powell
33754122 Conqueror Edgcumbe Colonel Edgcumbe
33764123 Herschell Name removed in 1914
33774124 Kitchener
33784125 Khartoum
33794126 Kimberley
33804127 Ladysmith
33814128 Maine
3382Withdrawn Mafeking
33834129 Kekewich
33844130 Omdurman
33854131 Powerful
33864132 Pembroke Name removed in 1930
33874133 Roberts
33884134 Sir Redvers
33894135 Sir Daniel Pretoria
33904136 Terrible
33914137 Wolseley
33924138 White
33934139 Auckland
33944140 Adelaide Name removed in 1910
33954141 Aden
33964142 Brisbane
33974143 Cape Town
33984144 Colombo
33994145 Dunedin
3400 City 3700 Durban
3401 City 3701 Gibraltar
3402 City 3702 Halifax
3403 City 3703 Hobart
3404 City 3704 Lyttelton
3405 City 3705 Mauritius
3406 City 3706 Melbourne
3407 City 3707 Malta
3408 City 3708 Killarney
3409 City 3709 Quebec
34104146 Sydney
34114147 St. Johns
34124148 Singapore

Flower class

The Flower Class were fitted with deeper outside frames than the Atbaras, and a new design of bogie developed from the type fitted to the French de Glehn Atlantics. [26] Twenty of the class were built between April 1910 and January 1913. Three were withdrawn in July 1927, with the last withdrawal, no. 4150 Begonia, going in April 1931. [27]

NumbersName
FirstSecond (1912)
41014149 Auricula
41024150 Begonia
41034151 Calceolaria
41044152 Calendula
41054153 Camellia
41064154 Campanula
41074155 Cineraria
41084156 Gardenia
41094157 Lobelia
41104158 Petunia
41114159 Anemone
41124160 Carnation
41134161 Hyacinth
41144162 Marguerite
41154163 Marigold
41164164 Mignonette
41174165 Narcissus
41184166 Polyanthus
41194167 Primrose
41204168 Stephanotis

Prototype 4-4-0 locomotives

The Armstrong Class were a group of four locomotives designed by William Dean and built in 1894 with 7 ft 1.5 in (2.172 m) driving wheels. [28] In April 1915 no. 16 Brunel was rebuilt with 6 ft 8.5 in (2.045 m) wheels and piston valves, having already been fitted with a Standard No.2 boiler. It was renumbered 4169 as a member of the Flower Class. [29] No. 14 Charles Saunders was converted in May 1917, and the remaining two were dealt with in February 1923. [30]

NumbersDate
Renumbered		NamesDate
Withdrawn
FirstSecondFirstSecond
164169April 1915 Brunel July 1930
144170May 1917Charles SaundersAugust 1928
74171February 1923Charles Saunders Armstrong September 1928
84172February 1923 Gooch April 1929

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