List of GWR broad gauge locomotives
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 arrangement
Builder
Driving wheels
Cylinders
Intro- duced
With- drawn
Number built
Names
Thunderer [ 2]
A01
0-4-0+6
6 ft 0 in
16 in × 20 in
1838
1839
1
Thunderer
Hurricane [ 3]
A02
2-2-2+6
10 ft 0 in
16 in × 20 in
1838
1839
1
Hurricane
Designs to the Brunel specification[ 4]
A11
2-2-2
various: Mather, Dixon , Charles Tayleur , Sharp, Roberts , Haigh Foundry
1837
1847
17
Premier , 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 in
various
1837
1871
12
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 in
15 in × 18 in[ note 4]
1840
1878[ note 5]
62
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 in
14 in × 18 in
1840
1849 all rebuilt as 2-2-2ST Wolf class
21
Sun , 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
GWR
7 ft 0 in
16 in × 24 in
1846
1871
6
Elk , Prince , Peri , Witch [ note 6] , Queen , Sylph
Great Western [ 11]
A16
2-2-2
8 ft 0 in
18 in × 24 in
1846
1
Great Western
Alma [ 12]
A17
4-2-2
8 ft 0 in
18 in × 24 in
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
GWR
8 ft 0 in
18 in × 24 in
1870
1892
25
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
GWR
7 ft 8.5 in
20 in × 24 in
1891
1892
8
3021 -3028
Wolf [ 15]
A21
4-2-2 ST
7 ft 0 in
15 in × 18 in
1849
1871
6
North Star , Orion , Bright Star , Polar Star , Red Star , Rising Star , Shooting Star
Wolf [ 16]
A23
2-2-2 ST
6 ft 0 in
15 in × 18 in
1846
1870
1
Venus
Wolf [ 17]
A24
2-2-2 ST
most rebuilt from Sun class
6 ft 0 in
15 in × 18 in
1849
1876
27
Antelope , 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
2-2-2 T
rebuilt from #A11
7 ft 0 in
15 in × 18 in
1846
1872
3
Aeolus , Apollo , Vulcan
Leo [ 19]
A31
2-4-0
5 ft 0 in
15 in × 18 in
1841
rebuilt as Leo 2-4-0T
18
Elephant , 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 in
17 in × 24 in
1855
1876
10
Lalla Rookh , Ivanhoe , Robin Hood , Rob Roy , Waverley , Coeur de Lion , Pirate , Abbot , Red Gauntlet
Victoria [ 21]
A33
2-4-0
6 ft 6 in
16 in × 24 in
1856
1880
18
Napoleon , 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 in
16 in × 24 in
1865
1873
7
Hornet , Mogul , Azalia , Lily , Myrtle , Violet , Laurel
Hawthorn [ 23]
A35
2-4-0
Stothert, Slaughter & Co , GWR
6 ft 0 in
16 in × 24 in
1865
1877,[ note 8] 1892
26
Hawthorn , 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 in
14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound
1886
1892
1
8
Dean express 2-4-0[ 25]
A37
2-4-0
7 ft 0.5 in
20 in × 24 in
1888
1892
2
14 , 16
3501 [ 26]
A38
2-4-0
rebuilt from the 2-4-0T 3501
5 ft 1 in
17 in × 26 in
1890
1892
5
3501 , 3502 , 3505 , 3507 , 3508
Leo [ 19]
A41
2-4-0 ST
rebuilt from Leo 2-4-0
5 ft 0 in
15 in × 18 in
1874
18
Elephant , Buffalo , Dromedary , Hecla , Stromboli , Etna , Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Scorpio , Capricornus , Sagittarius , Aquarius , Pisces
Bogie [ 27]
A42
4-4-0 ST
R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. , two GWR
5 ft 9 in
17 in × 24 in
1849
1880
13
Corsair , Brigand , Sappho , Homer , Horace , Virgil , Ovid , Juvenal , Seneca , Lucretius , Theocritus , Statius , Euripides , Hesiod , Lucan
Metropolitan [ 28]
A43
2-4-0 T
6 ft 0 in
16 in × 24 in
1862
1877, 7 rebuilt to 2-4-0
22
Hornet , 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
2-4-0 T
rebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1877
1892
10
Melling , Hedley , Roberts , Bury , Beyer , Ostrich , Penn , Stewart , Pollux , Cerebus
3501 [ 26]
A45
2-4-0 T
GWR
5 ft 1 in
17 in × 26 in
1885
1890,[ note 9] 1892
10
3501 -3510
3521 [ 30]
A46
0-4-2 ST
GWR
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1888
1891[ note 10]
19
3541 – 3559
3521 [ 30]
A47
0-4-4T
rebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1889
1892[ note 11]
18
3541 – 3560 [ note 12]
Fury [ 31]
A51
0-6-0
Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co
5 ft 0 in
15 in × 18 in
1842
1871
4
Hercules , Sampson , Goliah , Tityos
[ 32]
A52
0-6-0
Stothert, Slaughter & Co
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1846
1
Avalanche , rebuilt as 0-6-0ST Banking class
Fury [ 33]
A53
0-6-0
GWR
5 ft 0 in or 4 ft 6 in
16 in × 24 in
1846
1872
12
Premier , Ajax , Argo , Bellerophon , Vesuvius , Dreadnought , Telica , Fury , Bergion , Briareus , Brontes , Jason
Caesar [ 34] (Pyracmon )
A54
0-6-0
GWR
5 ft 0 in
16 in × 24 in
1847
1873
6
Pyracmon , Steropes , Caliban , Behemoth , Mammoth , Alligator
Fury [ 35]
A55
0-6-0
GWR
5 ft 0 in
16 in × 24 in
1849
1869
1
Bacchus
Caesar [ 34]
A56
0-6-0
GWR
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in (initially 16 in × 24 in)
1851
1880
8
Dido , Volcano , Thunderer , Caesar , Florence , Nora Creina , Hero , Druid
Caesar [ 36] (Ariadne & Caliph classes)
A57
0-6-0
GWR
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1852
1892
102
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
GWR
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1865
1892
14
Swindon , London , Bristol , Bath , Windsor , Oxford , Reading , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Chester , Gloucester , Hereford , Newport , Shrewsbury
388 [ 38]
A59
0-6-0
GWR
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1865
1892
20
1196 –1215
Banking [ 39]
A61
0-6-0 ST
GWR
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1852
1889
5
Avalanche , Juno , (renamed to Stromboli after sale to the South Devon Railway )[ 39] Iago , Plato , Bithon
Sir Watkin [ 40]
A62
0-6-0 T
GWR
5 ft 0 in
17 in × 24 in
1866
6
Miles , Bulkeley , Sir Watkin , Whetham , Saunders , Fowler
A63
0-6-0 ST
1892
1076 [ 41]
A64
0-6-0 ST
GWR
4 ft 6 in
17 in × 24 in
1876
1892
50
1228 –1257 , 1561 –1580
Notes
References
^ Sheppard, Geof (2008). Broad Gauge Locomotives . Noodle Books / Broad Gauge Society . ISBN 978-1-906-419-09-7 .
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 11, Thunderer
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 11, Hurricane
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 11–12,
^ Smith, Richard (2013). Portskewett Railways . pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1491294031 .
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 13, Priam
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 14–15, Priam
^ 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 .
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 15–16,
^ a b Sheppard 2008 , p. 16, Priam
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 16, Great Western
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 17, Alma
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 18, Alma
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 18, 3001
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 18, Wolf
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 19, Wolf
^ a b Sheppard 2008 , pp. 19–20, Wolf
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 20–21, Wolf
^ a b Sheppard 2008 , pp. 20–21, 26–27, Leo
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 22–23, Abbot
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 22–23, Victoria
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 24, Metropolitan , 2-4-0
^ a b Sheppard 2008 , pp. 24–25, Hawthorn
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 25, Compound
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 25, Dean express
^ a b c Sheppard 2008 , pp. 26, 29, 3501
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 27, Bogie
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 28, Metropolitan , 2-4-0T
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 29, Hawthorn
^ a b c d e Sheppard 2008 , p. 30, 3521
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 31, Fury , A51
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 31,
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 31–32, Fury , A53
^ a b Sheppard 2008 , p. 32, Caesar
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 31, Fury
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 33–35, Caesar
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 36–37, Swindon
^ Sheppard 2008 , p. 37, 388
^ a b Sheppard 2008 , p. 37, Banking
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 38–39, Sir Watkin
^ Sheppard 2008 , pp. 39–40, 1076
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