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The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 2,140 mm ) broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class .
Pages in category "Great Western Railway locomotives" The following 195 pages are in this category, out of 195 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part twelve: A Chronological and Statistical Survey. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-28-2. OCLC 499807460. Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types and Classes. 1940 to Preservation. Oxford: Oxford Publishing. ISBN 0902888218
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.
List of all GWR Manor Class locomotives, built between 1938 and 1950. Number Name Built Withdrawn Scrapped at Notes 7800 Torquay Manor: January 1938: August 1964:
Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period in the 1940s. Unlike most other locomotives so converted, they were not renumbered. [1]
GWR No. 1340 Trojan; GWR 2800 Class 2807; GWR 2900 Class 2999 Lady of Legend; GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro; GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star; GWR 4073 Class 4073 Caerphilly Castle; GWR 4073 Class 4079 Pendennis Castle; GWR 4200 Class 4277; GWR 4900 Class 4920 Dumbleton Hall; GWR 4900 Class 4930 Hagley Hall; GWR 4900 Class 4936 Kinlet Hall
The Great Western Railway 4000 or Star were a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1906 and introduced from early 1907. The prototype was built as a 4-4-2 Atlantic (but converted to 4-6-0 during 1909). They proved to be a successful design which ...