GWR Swindon Class
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The Great Western Railway Swindon Class were broad gauge 0-6-0 locomotives built for goods train work. This class entered service between November 1865 and March 1866, and were withdrawn between June 1887 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892. The entire class was sold to the Bristol and Exeter Railway between July 1872 and September 1874 and were numbered 96-109, but returned to the GWR when that railway and the B&ER amalgamated on 1 January 1876.[1] The locomotives were then renumbered 2077-2090; their names were not restored.
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Locomotives
| GWR Name | Built | Sold to B&ER | B&ER number | 1876 GWR number | Withdrawn | Origin of name |
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| Bath | Jan 1866 | Mar 1874 | 105 | 2086 | Jun 1888 | Bath is a Georgian city 11+1⁄2 miles (18.5 km) east of Bristol which was reached by the Great Western Railway on 31 August 1840. |
| Birmingham | Jan 1866 | Aug 1873 | 103 | 2084 | Jun 1889 | Birmingham, city in the Midlands, which was served by broad gauge trains from 1 October 1851. |
| Bristol | Dec 1865 | Jul 1873 | 101 | 2082 | Dec 1888 | Bristol, the western terminus of the railway. |
| Chester | Mar 1866 | Apr 1873 | 98 | 2079 | Jun 1887 | Chester never saw broad gauge trains but was served by the Great Western Railway from 1 September 1854 when it absorbed the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. |
| Gloucester | Mar 1866 | Jul 1873 | 102 | 2083 | Dec 1891 | Gloucester was reached over the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway from Swindon on 12 March 1845. |
| Hereford | Mar 1866 | Jul 1872 | 97 | 2078 | Dec 1888 | Hereford is an English city near the Welsh border, reached on 2 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway. |
| London | Dec 1865 | Jun 1873 | 100 | 2081 | Dec 1888 | London, the city from where the railway started. |
| Newport | Mar 1866 | May 1874 | 106 | 2087 | Jun 1889 | Newport is on the South Wales Railway which opened on 18 June 1850. |
| Oxford | Jan 1866 | Jul 1874 | 108 | 2089 | Dec 1889 | Oxford, home to many universities, was served by a branch line from Didcot Junction from 12 June 1844. |
| Reading | Jan 1866 | May 1874 | 107 | 2088 | May 1892 | Reading, a large town 35+3⁄4 miles (57.5 km) from London. |
| Shrewsbury | Feb 1866 | Jul 1872 | 96 | 2077 | Jun 1887 | Shrewsbury never saw broad gauge trains but was served by the Great Western Railway from 1 September 1854 when it absorbed the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. |
| Swindon | Nov 1865 | Sep 1874 | 109 | 2090 | Dec 1888 | Swindon, the town two-thirds of the way along the Great Western Railway, where the company built its workshops. |
| Windsor | Jan 1866 | Apr 1873 | 99 | 2080 | Jun 1889 | Windsor is the seat of the Royal Family near London and was served by a branch line from Slough that opened on 8 October 1849. |
| Wolverhampton | Feb 1866 | Feb 1874 | 104 | 2085 | Dec 1889 | Wolverhampton is in the Midlands and home to the Great Western's Northern Division workshops. It was served by broad gauge trains from 14 November 1854. |