The GWR
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Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were c ...
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, Fuel oil, oil or, rarely, Wood fuel, wood) to heat ...
s were acquired by the
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...
at the 1923
grouping
Grouping generally refers to the creation of one or more groups, or to the groups themselves.
More specifically, grouping may refer to:
* Shot grouping in shooting sports and other uses of firearms
* the use of symbols of grouping in mathemati ...
. They came from small railways (mostly in
South Wales
South Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the Historic counties of Wales, historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire ( ...
) and from contractors. Some of them survived into
British Railways
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commis ...
ownership in 1948 and a few are preserved.
Details
Gallery
File:1338_Didcot.jpg, GWR 1338 preserved at Didcot
File:Cholsey_and_Wallingford_Railway_2.jpg, GWR 701 was scrapped but this is Andrew Barclay 1964/1929 posing as GWR 701
File:Bronwydd Arms Gwili Railway geograph-3282182-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, No. 1144 on the Gwili Railway at Bronwydd Arms, 27 June 1992.
See also
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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 broad gauge types for the growing ...
References
Sources
* Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1957/8 edition, part 1, page 25
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External links
Rail UK database
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Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were c ...
Andrew Barclay locomotives
Hudswell Clarke locomotives
Hawthorn Leslie and Company locomotives
Kitson locomotives
Peckett locomotives
Avonside locomotives
Brush Traction locomotives
Shunting locomotives