The
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
(GWR) 3150 Class was a class of
2-6-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Prairie.
Overview
The major ...
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side tank 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, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
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History
Churchward based the 3150 class on his
3100 (later 5100) class. They used the larger and heavier Standard 4 boiler and so had greater boiler capacity, but were consequently heavier and thus restricted to Red routes. They were principally heavy suburban passenger traffic engines. Five of the class were rebuilt into the
Collett 3100 Class. None of the class were preserved.
See also
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GWR 3100/5100 Class (1906)
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GWR 5101 Class
The GWR 5101 Class or 'Large Prairie' is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway.
History
The 5101 Class were medium-sized tank engines used for suburban and local passenger services all over the Great Western Railw ...
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GWR 6100 Class
The GWR 6100 Class is a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotives.
History
The class was designed by Charles Collett and introduced in 1931, and were a straightforward development of the earlier 5101 class (and for that matter the 1905 310 ...
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GWR 3100 Class (1938)
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GWR 8100 Class
The Great Western Railway (GWR) GWR 5100 Class (known as the 3100 class between 1912 and 1927) was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotives. It was the first of a series of broadly similar classes used principally for suburban passenger ...
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List of GWR standard classes with two outside cylinders
References
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External links
The Great Western ArchiveClass 3150 Detailsat ''Rail UK''
2-6-2T locomotives
3150
Railway locomotives introduced in 1906
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Mixed traffic locomotives