GWR 119 Class (tank engine)
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Power typeSteam
Power typeSteam
DesignerGeorge Armstrong
BuilderGWR Wolverhampton works
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The 119 Class of the Great Western Railway consisted of a series of 11 0-6-0ST locomotives. They were numbered 119-21 and 123-30 and had originally been built in 1861 at Swindon Works as tender engines to a design of Daniel Gooch, part of the 79 Class. Their rebuilding as tank engines was the result of being renewed at Wolverhampton railway works under the tenure of George Armstrong between 1878 and 1883.
Three were turned out with condensing gear. All continued as tank engines until their withdrawal except for No. 122, which remained a tender engine.