Locomotives named ''Ajax'' have included: * L&MR 29 ''Ajax'' (1832), an 0-2-2 * L&SR ''Ajax'' (1838), an 0-4-2 * GWR ''Ajax'' (1838), a broad gauge Premier class 0-6-0; withdrawn 1871. * KFNB ''Ajax'' (Jones, Turner and Evans, 1841), one of a pair of 0-4-2 locomotive built for the

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, believed to be the oldest preserved steam locomotive on the European mainland; displayed in the

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* L&SWR 41 ''Ajax'' (Jones, Turner & Evans, 1841) a Hercules I class 0-4-2 goods locomotive * MS&LR 24 ''Ajax'' (1846), a 2-2-2 locomotive * ELR 17 (1847), a Pegasus class *

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21 (1855) *L&SWR 41 ''Ajax'' (Nine Elms, 1855) a Hercules II class 2-4-0, withdrawn 1883 * LC&DR ''Ajax'' (1860) a Dido class

0-6-0 is the Whyte notation designation for steam locomotives with a wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. Historically, this was the most common wheel arrangement used o ...

, later numbered 144 * SDR ''Ajax'', (Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 395 of 1860) one of the eight

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broad gauge 0-6-0ST locomotives, later GWR 2149; withdrawn 1884. *

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(civil engineering contractors) 5 ''Ajax'' (1864), later sold to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway *L&SWR 41 ''Ajax'' (Nine Elms 124 of 1874) a Vesuvius II class 2-4-0 passenger locomotive *

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509 (Crewe Works 2799 of 1885), a Dreadnought class

2-2-2-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2-0 usually represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered but uncoupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels, but can also be ...

passenger locomotive scrapped in 1904. * Woolwich Arsenal ''Ajax'', an 18-inch gauge 0-4-0T *L&NWR 639 ''Ajax'' (Crewe Works 4445 of 1904), an LNWR Precursor class 4-4-0, later LMS 5190; withdrawn 1928 *''Ajax'' (Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. 1605 of 1918), an 0-6-0T preserved at the

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* LMSR 6139 Ajax (North British Locomotive Co. 23634 of 1927), an

LMS Royal Scot Class The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927. Originally having parallel boilers, all members were later rebuilt with tapered type 2A boilers, and were in e ...

4-6-0 express locomotive, Renamed ''The Welch Regiment'' in 1936, rebuilt in 1946 and withdrawn 1962 *LMS 5689 Ajax (Crewe Works 287 econd seriesof 1936), an

LMS Jubilee Class The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for main line passenger work. 191 locomotives were built between 1934 and 1936. They were built concurrently with the similar looking LMS Stani ...

express locomotive, withdrawn 1964 *Chatham Dockyard Trust ''Ajax'' (Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns 7042 of 1941), built for

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. Preserved. *BR D446, later 50046 (English Electric 3816 and Vulcan Foundry D1187 of 1968), one of the fifty class 50s, all of which were named after warships

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