Locomotives of the Great Western Railway

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 2-2-2s. In 1864 Gooch was succeeded by Joseph Armstrong who brought his standard gauge experience to the workshops at Swindon. To replace some of the earlier locomotives, he put broad gauge wheels on his standard gauge locomotives and from this time on all locomotives were given numbers, including the broad gauge ones that had previously carried just names.

Great Western Railway
Coat-of-arms of the Great Western Railway, incorporating the shields, crests and mottoes of the cities of London (left) and Bristol (right)
History
1835Act of Incorporation
1838First train ran
1869–927 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge
changed to
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1903Start of road motor services
1904City of Truro sets speed record
1948Nationalised
Constituent companies
See full list of constituents of the GWR
1854Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
1862South Wales Railway
1863West Midland Railway
1876Bristol and Exeter Railway
South Devon Railway
1889Cornwall Railway
1922Rhymney Railway
Taff Vale Railway
Cambrian Railways
1923Midland & S W Junction Railway
Successor organisation
1948Western Region of British Railways
Key locations
HeadquartersPaddington station, London
WorkshopsSwindon
Wolverhampton
Major stationsBirmingham Snow Hill
Bristol Temple Meads
Cardiff General
London Paddington
Reading General
Route mileage
Mileage shown as at end of year stated.[1][2][3]
1841171 miles (275 km)
18631,106 miles (1,780 km)
18762,023 miles (3,256 km)
18992,504 miles (4,030 km)
19212,900 miles (4,700 km)
19243,797 miles (6,111 km)

Joseph Armstrong's early death in 1877 meant that the next phase of motive power design was the responsibility of William Dean, his assistant and successor. Dean went on to develop express 4-4-0 types, but the familiar 4-6-0s of later years were initially introduced by the next engineer, George Jackson Churchward. He was also responsible for the introduction of self-propelled Steam Rail Motors for suburban and light branch line passenger trains. Next came Charles Collett in 1921; he standardised the many types of locomotives then in service, producing the iconic Castle and Kings. He also introduced diesel power in the form of streamlined rail cars in 1934. The final engineer was Frederick Hawksworth who took control in 1941 and produced GWR-design locomotives until after nationalisation in 1948.

The GWR expanded rapidly from 1854 by amalgamating with other railways. In 1876 most of the remaining broad gauge companies became a part of the GWR. The Railways Act 1921 finally brought most of the remaining independent companies in the area under its control. Many early locomotives were replaced by standard GWR designs, but many others were rebuilt using standardised components.

Livery

For most of the period of its existence, the GWR painted its locomotives a middle chrome or "Brunswick" Green. They initially had Indian red frames but this was later changed to black. Name and numberplates were generally of polished brass with a black background, and chimneys often had copper rims or "caps".[4]

Great Western Railway locomotives
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1835 - 1837)

The GWR's first locomotives were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel but did not prove too successful. In order to meet his demands some novel ideas were tried such as the Haigh Foundry's geared locomotives and TE Harrison's Hurricane and Thunderer which had the engine and boiler on separate chassis.[5]

Daniel Gooch (1837 - 1864)

More conventional locomotives were soon ordered by Daniel Gooch when he was appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent.[6] Following on from the Star Class that he ordered from Robert Stephenson and Company, he designed a series of standardised and successful locomotive types starting with the Firefly and Sun classes of passenger locomotives, and the Leo and Hercules classes for goods trains. By 1846 Swindon Works had been established and was able to build its own locomotives. The most familiar from this period are the Iron Duke Class 2-2-2s with their 8-foot (2.44 m) driving wheels, a type that operated express trains right up to the end of the broad gauge in 1892.[7] Gooch further developed the broad gauge locomotive fleet, producing the first bogie tank design for the steep and curving South Devon lines in 1849, and condensing locomotives for the Metropolitan Railway in 1862. He produced over 100 Ariadne class goods locomotives to a standardised design at a time when most classes ran to only ten or twenty locomotives, and components he designed were often interchangeable between different classes.[5][6]

With the acquisition of the northern standard gauge lines in 1854 came 56 locomotives, a second workshop at Wolverhampton, and Joseph Armstrong. Wolverhampton was responsible for maintaining standard gauge locomotives for many years, although Daniel Gooch did design some new locomotives that were built at Swindon and carried to Wolverhampton on special trucks. The first, the 57 class were 0-6-0 goods locomotives built in 1855. At the same time some 69 class passenger locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in Manchester so were able to be transported on their own wheels. By the time that Armstrong replaced Gooch at Swindon in 1864 many more locomotives had been acquired with the Birkenhead and West Midland Railways.[8]

GWR Ariadne class loco "Nemesis", at Trowbridge, not later than 1872
GWR Iron Duke class locos, awaiting scrapping at the end of their life

Broad gauge

Standard gauge

Joseph Armstrong (Wolverhampton 1854 - 1864, Swindon 1864 - 1877)

In 1864 Gooch was succeeded by Joseph Armstrong who brought his standard gauge experience gained in the Northern Division to bear on the larger broad gauge locomotives. He designed the Hawthorn class of 2-4-0 and, in 1870, started the renewal of the Iron Dukes with more powerful boilers. The conversion of many broad gauge lines to standard gauge meant that this was a period of consolidation but in 1876 the amalgamation of the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon Railway locomotives saw 180 locomotives added to the GWR's fleet. To replace some of these earlier locomotives, Armstrong put broad gauge wheels on his standard gauge 1076 Class and from this time on GWR locomotives were given numbers rather than the names that had been carried by broad gauge locomotives up till then.[5][7]

Armstrong developed the 2-2-2 as his preferred express locomotive, producing 30 of the Sir Daniel class from 1866 and 21 of the Queen class from 1873. Smaller 2-4-0s, such as the 439 class of 1868, worked slower passenger trains while 0-6-0s, such as the 388 class, continued to operate freight trains. Tank locomotives were constructed to operate lighter trains and branch lines, the most familiar of which were the 1076 "Buffalo" class 0-6-0STs (later 0-6-0PT), and the 455 "Metro" class 2-4-0Ts.[9]

Broad gauge

Standard gauge

George Armstrong (Wolverhampton 1864 - 1897)

After his brother was promoted to Swindon, George Armstrong took his place at Wolverhampton and for the next 33 years continued to repair, rebuild and build standard-gauge locomotives in a spirit of independence from Swindon, just as Joseph had done during his own ten years at Wolverhampton. Most of the new locomotives built there were tank engines, some of them very long-lived; a few even survived the Second World War.

William Dean (1877 - 1902)

Joseph Armstrong's early death in 1877 meant that the final phase of broad gauge motive power was the responsibility of William Dean. He continued the Iron Duke renewal programme and added more convertibles, including some of Armstrong's 388 class goods locomotives. He also developed some elegant express locomotives such as the 3031 Class singles.[7] Following the abandonment of the broad gauge on 20 May 1892 the majority of the remaining 195 broad gauge locomotives were taken to "the dump" at Swindon. Most of the convertible locomotives were altered to run on the standard gauge over the following 18 months while the remainder were cut up.[5][6]

Dean had worked under Armstrong on and off for 22 years before becoming his successor and he perpetuated his locomotive policy for some time. He later produced standardised 0-6-0 and 2-6-0 goods locomotives (the 2301 and 2600 "Aberdare" classes), and 0-6-0STs of various sizes (the 2021 and 2721 classes). For express trains he initially developed the 2-2-2 type, culminating with the elegant 3031 class. He later moved on to the 4-4-0 type, producing the Badminton and Atbara classes with 80-inch (2.03 m) wheels, and the Duke and Bulldog classes with 68-inch (1.73 m) wheels. For branch line and suburban trains he built 31 3600 class 2-4-2T locomotives.[9][10]

Broad gauge

Standard gauge The majority of saddle tanks were rebuilt with pannier tanks from 1902 onwards.

James Holden

During his career on the Great Western Railway, where he was assistant to Dean, James Holden developed an oil-fired 0-4-0T side tank locomotive. This engine was experimental and only one was built, dubbed the GWR Class "101" Holden Tank.

George Jackson Churchward (1902-1922)
A Saint class locomotive

George Jackson Churchward started his railway career in the South Devon Railway locomotive workshops at Newton Abbot. After that company became a part of the GWR in 1876 he was sent to Swindon and worked under Armstrong and Dean.[11] After his appointment as Locomotive Superintendent in 1902 he developed a series of standard locomotive types with flat-topped Belpaire fireboxes, tapered boilers, long smokeboxes, boiler top feeds, long-lap long-travel valve gear, and many standardised parts such as wheels, cylinders and connecting rods.[12]

For express passenger trains he quickly turned out the City class of 4-4-0s, the first taking to the rails in 1903. The following year one of these, 3717 City of Truro, was reputedly the first locomotive in the world to exceed 100 mph.[13] A larger 4-4-0 was produced in 1904 in the form of the County class, but further increases in size demanded more wheels.[12]

Experiments had already been made for a 4-6-0 design while Dean was still in charge, and these continued under Churchward; the first 4-6-0, number 100, appeared in 1902 as the initial prototype of what became the Saint class. One locomotive was converted to a 4-4-2 for direct trials against French designs that he tried on the GWR in 1903. These experiments moved the GWR towards using four cylinders and they even tried a 4-6-2, 111 The Great Bear which was the first locomotive of this type in the United Kingdom. Production 4-6-0s appeared in 1905 as the two-cylinder Saint class, and were followed in 1906 by the four-cylinder Star class. A freight version of the Saint, the 2-8-0 2800 class was introduced in 1903. For lighter trains a series of 2-6-0s were turned out in 1911, the 4300 class, which were to become the most numerous GWR tender locomotives. In 1919 this design was enlarged to become the 4700 class 2-8-0s.[12]

Churchward's standardisation aims meant that a number of tank locomotives were produced that were based on these tender locomotives. The 2221 class of 1905 were a 4-4-2 tank version of the County class, indeed they were known as the "County Tanks". These were then developed into a 2-6-2T design, being produced as the 3100 class in 1903 and the 3150 class three years later. Smaller 2-6-2Ts, the 4400 class were introduced in 1904 and were succeeded by the slightly larger 4500 class in 1906. Two very different freight tank locomotive types appeared in 1910. The 4200 class was a tank version of the 2800 class, but a demand for small locomotives for working on dock and branch lines was met by the 1361 class, a new design based on the old Cornwall Minerals Railway 0-6-0ST design but using as many of Churchward's standard parts as possible.[14]

Other innovations during Churchward's office included the introduction of self-propelled Steam Rail Motors for suburban and light branch line passenger trains.[15] From 1915 his post was renamed that of the 'Chief Mechanical Engineer'.[16] He also remodelled Swindon Works, building the 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) boiler-erecting shops and the first static locomotive-testing plant in the United Kingdom.

GWR 1361 Class 1363 at Didcot Railway Centre, 2005

Charles Collett (1922-1941)

Charles Collett became the Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1921. Almost straight away he had to take on all the locomotives of myriad types from the railways absorbed in 1922 and 1923. Many of these were 'Swindonised', that is they were rebuilt using standard GWR parts. He also set about designing many new types to replace the older examples. Many of the most familiar GWR tank locomotive classes were designed during this period: the 1400 class for small branch lines and auto trains; the 4575 class (a development of the 4500 class with larger tanks) and the large 6100 class 2-6-2Ts; the massive 7200 class of rebuilt 4200 class 2-8-2Ts; and the iconic pannier tanks of the 5700 class, the first of which appeared in 1929.

Collett further developed the 4-6-0 type as the ideal GWR express locomotive, extending the Stars into Castles in 1923, and then producing the largest of them all, the four-cylinder King class, in 1927. He also produced slightly smaller types for mixed traffic (either passenger and goods) duties, the Hall class in 1928, the Grange class in 1934, and the Manor class in 1934. All these continued to carry appropriate names. For lighter goods services he produced his own standard 0-6-0, the 2251 class.

It was under Collett's control that diesel power first appeared on the GWR. He introduced the first streamlined rail cars in 1934 and by 1942 38 had been built, although the latter ones had more angular styling. Some were configured for long distance express services with buffet counters, others for branch line or parcels work, and some were designed as two-car sets.

Preserved Castle Class Locomotives 5043 and 7029 at Tyseley.

Frederick Hawksworth (1941-1949)

Frederick Hawksworth only became the Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1941 and the Second World War meant that his new designs were few. He updated Collett's Hall class to produce the GWR 6959 Class, known as "Modified Halls", and produced the last GWR 2-cylinder 4-6-0s, the County class 4-6-0, which ended a tradition that had begun with the Saint class 42 years before. Their boilers were based on those of the LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0, a number of which had been built at Swindon during the War. Other designs included three designs of 0-6-0PT: the taper boilered 9400 class; the 1500 class with outside Walschaerts valve gear and no running plate designed for pilot work around large stations; and the very light 1600 Class.

Preserved Hawksworth 1500 Class Pannier Tank 1501 at Bewdley.

Locomotives of amalgamated companies (1854 - 1920)
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Bristol and Exeter Railway

Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives were absorbed on 1 January 1876. The broad gauge locomotives were numbered in the series 2001 to 2095;[5] the standard gauge locomotives were numbered in the series 1353 – 1382.

Bristol Port Railway & Pier

Jointly vested with the Midland Railway from 1 September 1890. Opened on 6 March 1865, the line was worked by the contractor Waring Bros until 1869 when the company was left to make its own arrangements. Two locomotives were owned by the company but never taken into stock of either the Great Western Railway or the Midland Railway. They were 0-4-2Ts which appear to have been rebuilt from ex-London and North Western Railway tender engines.

Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway

Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1881. Three locomotives (+ 1)

  • 1 645 Class 0-6-0ST/0-6-0PT, WPN No 196, GWR No (1881) 902, bought November 1872
  • 2 645 Class 0-6-0ST/0-6-0PT, WPN No 194, GWR No (1881) 903, bought October 1872
  • 3 645 Class 0-6-0ST/0-6-0PT, WPN No 189, GWR No (1881) 904, bought May 1876
  • Victor Fossick & Hackworth, Wks No 176, built 1864 ex Llanelly Railway, 0-6-0, bought December 1872

Cornwall Minerals Railway

Nine locomotives were transferred from the Cornwall Mineral Railway on 1 July 1877, and one further one on 1 July 1896.

Festiniog & Blaenau Railway

This railway was of 1' 11½" gauge and was taken over on 13 April 1883. It was later converted to standard gauge as the extension of the new Bala & Festiniog Railway after purchase by the Great Western Railway. Two locomotives were taken over, both being built by Manning Wardle.

Hook Norton Ironstone Partnership

This concern was in liquidation when the Great Western Railway purchased an engine in July 1904.

Liskeard and Caradon Railway

Three locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1909, they were used on both the Caradon and the Liskeard and Looe Railways. GWR experimental 4-4-0ST number 13 was also regularly used on the line, at first hired to the Liskeard and Caradon, but it continued to be used after the Great Western Railway took over operations.

Llanelly Railway

The 21 locomotives acquired in 1873 were renumbered into the 894 – 914 series.

Llynvi and Ogmore Railway

12 locomotives were acquired in 1873, including four which had originated on the West Cornwall Railway. They were renumbered in the 915 – 926 series.

Manchester and Milford Railway

Seven locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway

Monmouthshire Railway

53 (+1) locomotives were taken over in 1875. They were renumbered into the 1301 – 1352 series. Worked from 1 August 1875, amalgamated 1 August 1880.

North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway

Taken over July 1898. 3 locomotives (all 0-6-0STs).

  • Precelly, Hudswell Clarke, Wks No 175, built January 1875, given GW No 1379 and sold in March 1907.
  • Ringing Rock, Manning Wardle, Wks No 630, built in 1876, given GW No 1380 and eventually ended up at the Kent & East Sussex Railway as their No 8 Hesperus until 1941.
  • Margaret, Fox, Walker and Company, Wks No 410 was built in November 1878 and given GW No 1378. Sold in 1910 to the Gwendraeth Valleys Railway as their No 2 in July 1910. When the Great Western Railway took over that concern, they did not take it into stock but sold it to the Kidwelly Timplate Co. Ltd. in March 1923. It carried a GW Registration Plate No 73 of 1911 and ceased work in 1941. It has since been preserved in a non-operating condition and can be seen at Scolton Manor Museum near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, not far from its original line.

Pembroke and Tenby Railway

8 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1896.

(NB ?? Re number 1361 – An extant photo exists in the SLS Stanford Jacobs Collection showing 1361 to be Pembroke.)

Severn & Wye and Severn Bridge Railway

The railway was vested jointly between the Great Western Railway and the Midland Railway on 1 July 1894 . Seven locomotives were taken over on 1 October 1895.

South Devon Railway

The 85 broad gauge locomotives added to the Great Western Railway fleet on 1 February 1876 included not just the South Devon Railway locomotives but also the 19 owned by the Cornwall Railway and 8 from the West Cornwall Railway, which had all operated in a common pool since 1866. They were numbered in the 2096 – 2180 series but, generally, also retained their names.[5]

Torbay and Brixham Railway

Vested with the Great Western Railway 1 January 1883. Two broad gauge engines: Queen and Raven. The former was withdrawn from stock on the same day, the latter was an ex-South Devon Railway locomotive and was taken back into GWR stock.

Vale of Neath Railway

The 19 broad gauge locomotives acquired in 1866 retained their original numbers; the six standard gauge locomotives were renumbered into the 413 – 418 series.

Watlington & Princes Risborough Railway

Opened on 15 August 1872 and is believed to have been worked with a locomotive on hire from the Great Western Railway. The line was vested into the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1883. Two locomotives were taken over.

Whitland & Cardigan Railway

There were three locomotives all standard gauge and were numbered 1385-1387, being taken over 1 September 1886.

West Cornwall Railway

The eight West Cornwall Railway broad gauge locomotives were operated in a common pool with the South Devon Railway locomotives[5] and are detailed in that section, above. At the same time, 1 February 1876, another eight standard gauge locomotives were also acquired. These were renumbered 1384 – 1391.

Locomotives of amalgamated companies (1920 - 1924)

Eighteen companies were merged between 1 January 1922 and 1 January 1924 under the provisions of the Railways Act 1921, bringing 925 locomotives.[17]

Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway

39 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityA(N&SW)D&R Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.0-6-2ST329–31190–193
Hawthorn Leslie0-6-2T126663
R and W Hawthorn0-6-0ST212–13664–665
Kerr, Stuart & Co.0-6-0T234–35666–667
Robert Stephenson and Company0-6-0ST315, 20–21668–670Double-framed
Hawthorn Leslie0-6-0ST216–17671–672
Robert Stephenson and Company0-6-0ST51–5674–678
Peckett and Sons0-6-0ST218–19679–680
GWR0-6-0ST133993ex-GWR 850 Class
Kitson & Co.2-6-2T1251199ex-Mersey Railway class III
Beyer, Peacock & Co.2-6-2T66–111207–1209, 1211, 1201, 1204ex-Mersey Railway class II
Hawthorn Leslie2-6-2T236–371205–1206
Avonside Engine Company0-4-0ST2Trojan and Alexandra1340-1341
Beyer, Peacock & Co.0-6-4T322–241344–1346ex-Mersey Railway class I
Fletcher, Jennings & Co.0-6-0T1321356ex-Severn and Wye Railway
GWR Wolverhampton Works0-4-2T1141426ex-GWR 517 Class
GWR0-6-0ST227–281679, 1683ex-GWR 1661 Class

Barry Railway

148 Barry Railway locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 and given random numbers in several series.

ClassTypeQuantityBarry Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
A0-6-0T51–5699–700, 702–703, 706Three of this class were sold on as industrial locos during the Grouping. GWR 699 was sold to the Coltness Iron Co Ltd in June 1932. It was then transferred to the Warwickshire Coal Company in 1933 for use at the Coventry Colliery, where it worked until 1962. GWR 700 was sold to Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds in Dowlais in October 1927 and scrapped in August 1950. GWR 703 was sold to the Ocean Coal Co Ltd in August 1932 for use at the Lady Windsor Colliery in Ynysbwl; it was scrapped in 1956.
B0-6-2T256–20, 23–32198–201, 203–204, 206–214, 223–232
B10-6-2T4238–46, 54–63, 73–78, 105–116, 122–126233–235, 238, 240–277
C2-4-2T221–221322–1323
D0-8-0435–36, 92–931387–1390
E0-6-0T533–34, 50–51, 53781–785
F0-6-0ST2837, 47–49, 52, 64–65, 70–72, 99–104, 127–138708, 710–726, 807, 729, 742, 747, 74, 776–780
G0-4-4T466–692–4, 9
H0-8-2T779–851380–1386
J2-4-2T1186–91, 94–981311–1321
K0-6-2T6117–121193–197
L0-6-4T10139–1481347–1355, 1357

Brecon and Merthyr Railway

47 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.

Manufacturer  Type  QuantityB&MR Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-2T1436–43, 45–5011, 21, 332, 504, 698, 888, 1084, 1113, 1372–1375, 1668, 167036/45 Class, similar to Rhymney Railway R class and P class respectively
Beyer, Peacock & Co.4-4-2T1441391ex-LSWR 46 class No. 0376
Robert Stephenson & Co.2-4-0T59–12, 251402, 1412, 1460, 1452, 1458
Vulcan Foundry0-6-2T419–20, 23, 261674, 1677, 1692, 1833
GWR0-6-0ST332–341685, 1693, 1694ex-GWR 1661 Class
Kerr, Stuart & Co.0-6-0T1352161
Kitson & Co.0-6-0ST222, 242169–2170
Nasmyth, Wilson & Co.0-6-0ST327–292171–2173
John Fowler & Co.0-6-0ST61–4, 13–142177–2180, 2185–2186
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-0ST65–8, 15–162181–2184, 2186–2188
Sharp, Stewart & Co.0-6-0ST217–182190–2191

Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway

15 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityBP&GV Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0T72, 9, 11–152162–2168
Avonside Engine Company0-6-0ST24–52194–2195Named Kidwelly, Cwm Mawr,
Avonside Engine Company0-6-0ST26–72196, 2176Named Gwendraeth, and Pembury
Chapman and Furneaux0-6-0ST112192Named Ashburnham
Chapman and Furneaux0-6-0ST132193Named Burry Port
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0T28, 102197, 2198No. 8 named Pioneer

Cambrian Railways

94 standard gauge locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 given random numbers in various series..

Manufacturer  Type  QuantityCAM Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Nasmyth, Wilson & Co.0-4-4T63, 5, 7–9, 2310, 11, 15, 19–21Aston
Hunslet Engine Company0-6-0T124819ex-Lambourn Valley Railway, withdrawn 1946
Chapman and Furneaux0-6-0T226, 35820–821ex-Lambourn Valley Railway, withdrawn 1930/32
Manning Wardle0-6-0ST130824ex-Mawddwy Railway
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-0589–93887–892Jones, built 1903
Beyer, Peacock & Co.0-6-0538, 99–102864, 892–896Jones, built 1908
Beyer, Peacock & Co.0-6-0515, 29, 41, 42, 54844, 849, 855, 873, 887Jones, built 1918–19
Neilson & Co.0-6-0573–77875–876, 878–880Aston, built 1894
Vulcan Foundry0-6-0378–80881–883Aston, built 1895
Neilson, Reid & Co.0-6-0287–88884–885Aston, built 1899
Sharp, Stewart & Co.0-6-094, 14, 40, 45–46, 48–49, 51–52897–901, 908–91122 built
Robert Stephenson & Co.4-4-0494, 96–981014, 1029, 1035, 10435 built
CAM, Oswestry Works4-4-0211, 191068, 1082
Sharp, Stewart & Co.4-4-01781, 32, 47, 61–72, 83–841084–1086, 1088, 1090–1091, 1093, 1096–1097, 1100–11071106 renumbered 1110 in 1926
Robert Stephenson & Co.4-4-0285–861108–11091106 renumbered 1110 in 1926
Sharp, Stewart & Co.4-4-0650, 60, 16–17, 20–211110, 1112, 1115–1118
Beyer, Peacock & Co.4-4-0T634, 36, 2, 12, 33, 371113–1114, 1129–1132ex-Metropolitan Railway A Class; 34 & 36 had been rebuilt as 4-4-0 in 1915–16
Sharp, Stewart & Co.2-4-0T544, 56–591190–1192, 1196–1197
2-4-0210, 11328–1329ex-GWR 2-4-0
Sharp, Stewart & Co.2-4-0441, 43, 53, 551330–1333
4-4-0282, 953521, 3546ex-GWR 3521 Class

Vale of Rheidol Railway

Three 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge locomotives acquired with the Cambrian Railways on 1 January 1922, also two new locomotives, similar to the earlier 2-6-2Ts, built in 1923.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityCAM Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Davies & Metcalfe2-6-2T2VoR 1 & 21212–12131213 "renewed" in 1924
W. G. Bagnall2-4-0T1VoR 31198
GWR Swindon Works2-6-2T2—7–8built 1923; named Owain Glyndŵr and Llywelyn
GWR Swindon Works2-6-2T1—1213built 1924; renumbered 9 in 1949; named Prince of Wales

Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

Two 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge 0-6-0T locomotives acquired with the Cambrian Railways on 1 January 1922.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityCAM Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Beyer, Peacock & Co.0-6-0T2WLLR 1 & 2822–823Named The Earl and Countess

Cardiff Railway

36 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityCR Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Kitson & Co.0-6-2ST1320, 22, 33–35, 1, 9–10, 28, 11, 21, 27, 26151–163
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0ST414, 16, 17, 32681–684
Kitson & Co.0-6-0T87, 3, 4, 8, 13, 30, 29685–688, 690–692
Kitson & Co.0-6-0PT12693
Parfitt and Jenkins0-6-0ST412, 15, 18, 19694–697
Cardiff Docks0-6-0ST124698
LNWR Crewe Works2-4-2T1361327ex-LNWR 4ft 6in Tank Class
Kitson & Co.0-4-0ST25, 61338, 1339
0-6-0ST331, 23, 251667, 1676, 1689ex-GWR 1661 Class

Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway

Two locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1922

ManufacturerTypeQuantityCMDP NameGWR No.Notes
Manning Wardle0-6-0ST2Cleobury and Burwarton28 and 29rebuilt as 0-6-0PT

Gwendraeth Valleys Railway

2 0-6-0ST locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1923. One was given a GWR number, but the second (Margaret) was sold without being allocated a GWR number.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityGVR No.GWR No.Notes
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0ST11 Velindre26
Fox, Walker & Co.0-6-0ST12 Margaret—Sold to Kidwelly Timplate Company in 1923

Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway

8 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1923.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityLMMR NameGWR No.Notes
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.0-6-0T1George Waddell312Sold in 1934
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0T2Tarndune339
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0ST1Hilda359
Manning Wardle0-6-0T1Victory704
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0T1Ravelston803
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0T1Merkland937
Avonside Engine Company0-6-0T1Great Mountain944Sold in 1928
Fox, Walker & Co.0-6-0ST1Seymour Clarke969

Midland and South Western Junction Railway

The M&SWJR's Locomotive Superintendent from 1903 to 1923 was James Tyrell.

29 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1923.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityM&SWJ Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Beyer, Peacock & Co.0-4-4T11523
Beyer, Peacock & Co.2-6-011624
Sharp, Stewart & Co.4-4-4T217–1825, 27
Dübs & Co.0-6-0T213–14825, 843
Beyer, Peacock & Co.0-6-01019–281003–1011, 1013
North British Locomotive Co.4-4-091–8, 311119–1126, 1128
Dübs & Co.4-4-0191127
Dübs & Co.2-4-0310–121334–1336

The three Dübs 2-4-0s were the only M&SWJR locomotives to survive into British Railways ownership in 1948. At least one of them was used on the Lambourn Valley Railway, probably because of its light axle load.

Neath and Brecon Railway

15 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1922.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityN&BR Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-2T311–131114, 1117, 1277similar to Rhymney M class
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-2T29, 101327, 1371ex-Port Talbot Railway 5 and 6
Yorkshire Engine Company4-4-0T151392
Sharp, Stewart & Co.2-4-0T161400
0-6-0ST214–151563, 1591ex-GWR 1076 Class
0-6-0ST216, 31715, 1882ex-GWR 1701 Class
Nasmyth, Wilson & Co.0-6-0ST27–82174–2175
Avonside Engine Company0-6-0ST21–22189, 2199

Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company

22 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityPTRD Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-2T78–14183–187
Hudswell Clarke0-6-0ST622–27808–809, 811–814
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-0ST23, 15815, 816
Sharp, Stewart & Co.2-4-0T1371189
Sharp, Stewart & Co.2-4-2T1361326rebuilt from 2-4-0T in 1898
Sharp, Stewart & Co.0-8-2T317–191358–1360
Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works0-8-2T220–211378–1379

Powlesland and Mason

Powlesland and Mason were contractors at Swansea Docks, and their 9 locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1924.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityP&M Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Peckett and Sons0-4-0ST33, 4, 12696, 779, 935Renumbered 1150–1152 between 1949 and 1951
Brush Electrical0-4-0ST25 and 6795, 921
Avonside Engine Co.0-4-0ST17925ex-GWR 1330, South Devon Railway Raven class
Peckett and Sons0-4-0ST111927Renumbered 1153 in 1949
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.0-4-0ST114928
Hawthorn Leslie0-4-0ST1Dorothy942

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway

37 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922.

ManufacturerTypeQuantityR&SB No.GWR No.Notes
Kitson & Co.0-6-2T425–28164–167
Kitson & Co.0-6-2T128–16, 20–22168–179
Robert Stephenson & Co.0-6-2T223, 24180, 182ex-Port Talbot Railway
Kitson & Co.0-6-2T14181
GWR0-6-0ST432, 34, 31, 2728, 1167, 1652, 1660ex-GWR 1076 Class
Beyer, Peacock & Co.0-6-0T51, 3, 5–7789, 801, 802, 805, 806
Kitson & Co.2-4-2T317–191307, 1309, 1310
GWR0-6-0ST236, 351710, 1756ex-GWR 1701 Class
GWR Swindon Works0-6-0ST237, 301825, 1834ex-GWR 1813 Class
GWR Swindon Works0-6-0ST1332756ex-GWR 2721 Class

Rhymney Railway

123 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1922 given numbers in random series.

Class   Type   QuantityRR Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
A0-6-2T1610–15, 18–22, 115–11952–62, 71–75
A10-6-2T823–3063–70
AP0-6-2T435–3878–81
B0-6-0WT2120–121661–662
I & J0-6-0ST1148–53, 033, 036612, 614, 618–619, 622, 625, 629, 631, 657, 659–660
K0-6-2T467–9, 57–61, 67–96, 98–10584–91, 97–101, 105–110, 112–115, 117–119, 122, 127, 129–131, 133–146, 148
L2-4-2T265–661324–1325
L10-6-2T263–64159–150
M0-6-2T616, 106–11033, 47–51
P0-6-2T24, 682–83
P10-6-2T25, 3176–77
R0-6-2T51–3, 17, 9730–32, 34, 46
R10-6-2T1039–47, 6235–44
S0-6-0T4111–114608–611renumbered 93–96 between 1947 and 1949
S10-6-0T332–34604–606renumbered 90–92 between 1947 and 1948

South Wales Mineral Railway

5 locomotives acquired on 1 January 1923.

ManufacturerTypeQuantitySWMR No.GWR No.Notes
Avonside Engine Company0-6-0ST26, 7817, 818ex-GWR 1317 and 1324 – South Devon Railway Buffalo class
GWR0-6-0ST35, 3, 11546, 1806, 1811ex-GWR 645 Class

Swansea Harbour Trust

14 locomotives acquired on 1 July 1923.

ManufacturerTypeQuantitySHT Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
Hudswell Clarke0-4-0ST13150
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.0-4-0ST15701Renumbered 1140 in 1948
Peckett and Sons0-4-0ST47–10886, 926, 930, 933
Peckett and Sons0-4-0ST311, 12, 18929, 968, 1098renumbered 1141, 1143, 1145 between 1948 and 1950
Peckett and Sons0-6-0ST315–171085, 1086, 9371085 & 1086 renumbered 1146 & 1147 in 1949
Hudswell Clarke0-4-0ST114943renumbered 1142 in 1948
Hawthorn Leslie0-4-0ST113974renumbered 1144 in 1948

Taff Vale Railway

The Taff Vale Railway and its 275 locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1922.

Class  Type  QuantityTVR Nos.GWR Nos.Notes
A0-6-2T587, 10–12, 20, 45, 75, 80, 90–91, 122–125, 127–130, 132–136, 138–140, 144, 149, 154, 156–160, 162, 164, 165, 400–416, 3, 42, 52, 120335, 337, 343–349, 351–352, 356–357, 360–362, 364–368, 370–391, 393–394, 397–399, 401–404, 406, 408, 438–441401–404, 406, 408, 438–441 renumbered 303–309, 312, 316, 322 between 1947 and 1950
C4-4-2T6170–1751301–1303, 1305, 1308, 1304
D0-6-0ST8250, 270797, 798
E0-6-0ST2264, 265795, 796
H0-6-0T3141–143792–794renumbered 193–195 in 1948/9.
Built for the Pwllyrhebog Incline
I4-4-0T3285–2871133, 1184, 999Equipped for auto-train working
K & L0-6-0K: 33
L: 9		219, 253, 259, 261, 281, 284, 288, 298, 337, 210, 217, 220, 235–236, 239, 242, 245, 283, 297, 301–302, 304, 313–314, 316, 320, 322, 325, 327–328, 333, 335–336, 339–340, 354, 356–360912–933, 935–936, 938–939, 941–944, 946, —, 948, 968–970, 974, 978, 984, 1000–1002
M10-6-2T414–5, 14–15, 51, 54, 71, 86–89, 150, 176–181, 16, 22, 24, 50, 53, 74, 145–148, 151–153, 163, 166–169, 344, 349, 362, 364–365442–445, 462, 466, 478, 481–484, 487–493, 503, 505–508, 511, 513, 515–516, 520, 552, 560, 567, 573, 577–580, 582–586
N0-6-2T10106–107, 182–189485–486, 494–496, 498–502
O0-6-2T621, 25–26, 33–34, 190446–448, 452–453, 581
O10-6-2T1427–29, 37, 41, 60–65, 70, 73, 78449–451, 454–455, 471–477, 479–480
O20-6-2T931–32, 44, 66, 81–85412–413, 415, 419, 421, 423–426
O30-6-2T218–19410–411
O40-6-2T41105, 1–2, 6, 8–9, 17, 35, 38–39, 43, 46, 48–49, 56, 58–59, 67–69, 94–95, 97–98, 101–102, 104, 108–116, 118–119, 121, 13, 36236, 278–295, 420, 296–302, 310–311, 313–315, 317–321, 324, 333, 409, 414420, 300, 310–311, 313, 315, 317–321, 324, 333, 409, 414 renumbered 220, 200, 203–205, 207–211, 215–219 between 1946 and 1950
V0-6-0ST699–100, 275, 280, 290–291786–791
S0-4-0ST12671342
T0-4-0ST12661343
U0-6-2T823, 72, 76–77, 191–194587, 589–591, 593, 595–597
U10-6-2T730, 40, 79, 195–197602, 588, 592, 598–599, 603, 600

Locomotives of amalgamated companies (1925 - 1947)

Corris Railway

2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge locomotives:

Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway

Two locomotives were transferred to the Great Western Railway when Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway closed in 1940:

Ystalyfera Tin Works

1948 and after

On 1 January 1948 all existing GWR locomotives became the property of the new British Railways (BR); unlike other companies stock, all the steam locomotives continued to carry their GWR numbers. BR continued to build GWR designs (the 1000, 1500, 1600, 4073 and 6959 classes in particular) for a while. When the first BR Standard steam locomotives started to arrive, they were often compared unfavourably to ex-GWR locos, and the Western Region decided to take forward experiments with diesel-hydraulic and gas turbine locomotives.

Withdrawal of ex-GWR locomotives took place earlier than for the other 'Big Four' companies as the Western Region took the decision to be the first to end steam traction. A handful of locomotives that had been transferred to other regions did survive for longer however. Ironically, because the Barry scrapyard received large numbers of ex-GWR locomotives, proportionately more survive today in preservation than the locomotives of the other companies.

Named locomotives

Most express passenger locomotives carried distinctive names, generally following themes such as kings (the 6000 class), cities (3700 class), counties (3800 class, later the 1000 class), castles (4073 class), and halls (4900 class). This tradition dated back to the first locomotives delivered to the railway, for all broad gauge locomotives initially were identified only by names, numbers first appearing on the standard gauge locomotives acquired with the northern companies that became part of the GWR in 1862.[10]

Several locomotives were honoured with the name Great Western. The first was an Iron Duke class broad gauge locomotive built in 1846, the first locomotive entirely constructed at the company's Swindon locomotive works. This was withdrawn in 1870, but in 1888 a modernised version of the same class was built and given the same name; this was withdrawn just four years later when the broad gauge was taken out of use.[5] A standard gauge 3031 class locomotive, number 3012, was then given the Great Western name. The final GWR locomotive to carry the name was Castle class number 7007, which continued to carry while working for British Railways. The tradition of using this name has continued with British Rail and modern companies up to the present day.[18]

Preservation

More than 140 Great Western locomotives (including some designed by the GWR but built by British Railways) have been preserved. They are mostly in museums or on heritage railways in the United Kingdom, predominantly in the area formerly served by the GWR. Some locomotives that were absorbed in the 1923 grouping also survive today.

Dean designed locomotives
Class Number Based at Status
2301 2516 Museum of the Great Western Railway Static Display

Churchward designed locomotives
Class Number and Name Based at Status
1361 1363 Didcot Railway Centre Under Overhaul
2800 2807 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Under Overhaul
2818 Museum of the Great Western Railway Static Display
2857 Severn Valley Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2021
2859 Private site, Congleton Under Restoration
2874 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Scrapyard Condition, Currently awaiting restoration
3700 'City' 3717/3440 City of Truro National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
4000 'Star' 4003 Lode Star National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
4200 4247 Bodmin and Wenford Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2021
4248 Museum of the Great Western Railway Static Exhibit, deliberately left in dismantled condition
4253 Kent and East Sussex Railway Under Restoration
4270 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2024
4277 Hercules* Darthmouth Steam Railway Under Overhaul
4300 5322 Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
7325 Severn Valley Railway In Storage
4500 4555 East Somerset Railway Operational
4561 West Somerset Railway Under Overhaul
4566 Severn Valley Railway Static Display

* Named in preservation

Collett designed locomotives
Class Number and Name Based at Status
1366 1369 South Devon Railway Operational
4800/1400 4820/1420 South Devon Railway Under Overhaul
4842/1442 Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life Static Display
4850/1450 Severn Valley Railway Out of Service
4866/1466 Didcot Railway Centre Under Overhaul
2884 2885 Tyseley Locomotive Works Under Overhaul
3802 Llangollen Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2027
3803 South Devon Railway In Storage
3814 Llangollen Railway Undergoing restoration to running condition
3822 Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
3845 Private site Awaiting Restoration
3850 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Under Overhaul
3855 East Lancashire Railway Undergoing Restoration
3862 Northampton & Lamport Railway Undergoing restoratin to running condition
3200 'Earl' 3217/9017 Earl of Berkeley Bluebell Railway In Storage
4073 'Castle' 4073 Caerphilly Castle National Railway Museum Static Display
4079 Pendennis Castle Didcot Railway Centre Under Overhaul
5029 Nunney Castle Crewe Diesel TMD Awaiting Overhaul
5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Tyseley Locomotive Works Under Overhaul
5051 Earl Bathurst Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
5080 Defiant Tyseley Locomotive Works In Storage
7027 Thornbury Castle Great Central Railway Undergoing Restoration
7029 Clun Castle Tyseley Locomotive Works Operation, Mainline Certified
4575 4588 Peak Rail Under Overhaul
5521 The Flour Mill Dismantled pending overhaul[19]
5526 South Devon Railway Operational, boiler ticket expies 2027
5532 Llangollen Railway Undergoing Restoration[20]
5538 The Flour Mill Undergoing Restoration
5539 Barry Tourist Railway Undergoing Restoration
5541 Dean Forest Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2024
5542 South Devon Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2022
5552 Bodmin and Wenford Railway Under Overhaul
5553 Peak Rail Under Overhaul
5572 Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
4900 'Hall' 4920 Dumbleton Hall South Devon Railway Trust In Storage
4930 Hagley Hall Severn Valley Railway Under Overhaul
4936 Kinlet Hall Tyseley Locomotive Works Under Overhaul
4942 Maindy Hall Didcot Railway Centre Rebuilt into GWR 2900 Class 2999 Lady of Legend.

Operational

4953 Pitchford Hall Epping Ongar Railway Operational
4965 Rood Ashton Hall Vintage Trains Awaiting Overhaul
4979 Wootton Hall Ribble Steam Railway Undergoing Restoration
5900 Hinderton Hall Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
5952 Cogan Hall Llangollen Railway In Storage, Awaiting Restoration
5967 Bickmarsh Hall Northampton & Lamport Railway Undergoing Restoration
5972 Olton Hall Warner Bros. Studio Tour London Static Display
5101 5164 Barrow Hill Engine Shed Static Display
5193 West Somerset Railway Rebuilt into 2-6-0 tender locomotive.

Operational.

5199 Llangollen Railway Operational
4110 East Somerset Railway Undergoing Restoration
4141 Epping Ongar Railway Awaiting boiler repair
4144 Didcot Railway Centre Operational
4150 Severn Valley Railway Undergoing Restoration
4160 South Devon Railway Under Overhaul
5205 5224 Peak Rail In Storage
5227 Didcot Railway Centre Scrapyard Condition
5239 Goliath Dartmouth Steam Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2029
5600 5619 Swindon & Cricklade Railway Operational
5637 Swindon & Cricklade Railway Awaiting Overhaul
5643 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Operational
5668 Kent & East Sussex Railway Awaiting Restoration
6619 Kent & East Sussex Railway Awaiting Overhaul
6634 Peak Rail Under Restoration
6686 Barry Tourist Railway Under Restoration
6695 Swindon & Cricklade Railway Under Overhaul
6697 Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
5700 3650 Didcot Railway Centre Under Overhaul
3738 Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
4612 Bodmin and Wenford Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2023
5764 Severn Valley Railway Static Display
5775 Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Static Display
5786 South Devon Railway Operational
7714 Severn Valley Railway Operational
7715 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Awaiting Repairs
7752 Tyseley Locomotive Works In Storage, Awaiting Overhaul
7754 Llangollen Railway Awaiting Overhaul
7760 Tyseley Locomotive Works Awaiting Overhaul
9600 Tyseley Locomotive Works Awaiting Overhaul
9629 Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Under Overhaul
9642 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Under Overhaul
9681 Dean Forest Railway Under Overhaul
9682 Dean Forest Railway Dismantled
6000 'King' 6000 King George V Museum of the Great Western Railway Static Display
6023 King Edward II Didcot Railway Centre Awaiting Overhaul
6024 King Edward I West Somerset Railway Under Overhaul
6100 6106 Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
6400 6412 East Lancashire Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2024
6430 West Somerset Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2025
6435 Bodmin and Wenford Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2022
7200 7200 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Under Restoration
7202 Didcot Railway Centre Under Restoration
7229 East Lancashire Railway Under Restoration
7800 'Manor' 7802 Bradley Manor Severn Valley Railway Not Operational, Awaiting decision on repair
7808 Cookham Manor Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
7812 Erlestoke Manor Severn Valley Railway Under Overhaul
7819 Hinton Manor Severn Valley Railway Static Display
7820 Dinmoor Manor Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2023
7821 Ditcheat Manor West Somerset Railway Static Display
7822 Foxcote Manor Llangollen Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2026
7827 Lydham Manor Dartmouth Steam Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2021
7828 Odney Manor West Somerset Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2028

Hawksworth designed locomotives
Class Number and Name Based at Status
1500 1501 Severn Valley Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2022
1600 1638 Kent & East Sussex Railway Operational
6959 'Modified Hall' 6960 Raveningham Hall Severn Valley Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2022
6984 Owsden Hall Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Undergoing Restoration
6989 Wightwick Hall Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Operational
6990 Witherslack Hall Great Central Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2026
6998 Burton Agnes Hall Didcot Railway Centre Static Display
7903 Foremarke Hall Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2026
9400 9400 Swindon Steam Railway Museum Static Display
9466 West Somerset Railway Operational, boiler ticket expires 2026
Gas Turbine Locomotive 18000 Didcot Railway Centre Static Display

Amalgamated/pre-grouping locomotives

Nine pre-grouping locomotives that were absorbed into the GWR in 1923 are known to survive:

  • BP&GVR No.2 Pontyberem was sold in 1914 by the company and into industrial use and therefore didn't pass into GWR ownership but was based at DRC for a while.

See also

References
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  2. MacDermot, E T (1931). "Appendix 1". History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway. Reprinted 1982, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-711004-12-9
  3. "A brief review of the Company's hundred years of business". Great Western Railway Magazine. Great Western Railway. 47 (9): 495–499. 1935.
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  8. MacDermot 1927, p. 
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  10. MacDermot 1931, p. 
  11. Rogers, HCB (1975). GJ Churchward - A Locomotive Biography. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-04-385069-3.
  12. Hill, Keith (2005). "A colossus of steam". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 151 no. 1256. IPC Media. pp. 16–20.
  13. Andrews, David (2008). "Special Experimental Tests: more pieces of the City of Truro puzzle". Backtrack. Vol. 22 no. 2. Pendragon Publishing. pp. 116–121.
  14. Coleford, IC (2007). "Swindon's saddle tanks: the GWR 1361 class 0-6-0STs". Railway Bylines. Vol. 12 no. 6. Irwell Press. pp. 252–263.
  15. Lewis, John (2004). Great Western Steam Railmotors: and their services. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-874103-96-8.
  16. "The Chairmen and Principal Officers of the Great Western Railway Company 1833-1935". Great Western Railway Magazine. Vol. 47 no. 9. Great Western Railway. 1935. p. 462.
  17. Casserley, H.C.; S. W. Johnson (1966). Locomotives at the Grouping 4: Great Western Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. pp. 63–134.
  18. Pike, Jim (2000). Locomotive Names. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-2284-2.
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  20. "5532". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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