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Number 93 at Staverton on the South Devon Railway. In February 1908, a steam rail motor was turned out from Swindon railway works and given the number 93. It was one of sixteen built to Diagram R, the last batch of steam rail motors. These were 70 feet (21 m) long and 9 feet (2.7 m) wide.
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 .
In 1854 the GWR absorbed two standard-gauge lines, the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway to become the GWR's Northern Division. . Consequently, from then until his retirement in 1864, Daniel Gooch (the company's Superintendent of Locomotive Engines, a post he had occupied since 1837), although a passionate advocate of the GWR's original broad gauge, of ...
District Railway steam locomotives; Dunrobin (locomotive) E. Experiment (locomotive) F. Furness Railway 94 class; ... GWR 93 Class; GWR 101 Class; GWR 102 La France;
However, improving upon Class 88s – which when running in diesel mode produce a maximum of 710 kW (950 hp), and are thus mostly limited to 'last mile' operations – the Class 93 design includes both a 900 kW (1,200 hp) diesel engine and a 400 kW (540 hp) set of rechargeable battery packs. [7]
A preserved GWR 4500 Class steam locomotive, showing power classification "C" on a yellow route restriction disc, on the upper cab side-sheet. On 1 July 1905 the Great Western Railway (GWR) introduced a system for denoting both the haulage capabilities and the weight restrictions which applied to their various classes of locomotive.
Absorbed Engines, 1854-1921. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 3. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. LeFleming, H.M. (April 1958). Six-Coupled Tank Engines. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 5. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Tabor, F.J. (August 1959). Four-Coupled Tank Engines. The ...
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.. Swindon Works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean.