List of GWR broad gauge locomotives

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This is a list of the 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge locomotives of the Great Western Railway.[note 1] It excludes those purchased from constituent companies, or acquired through amalgamations.

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Class
 		code
[note 2]		Wheel arrangementBuilder
 		Driving wheelsCylinders
 		Intro-
duced		With-
drawn		Number
built		Names
 
 
Thunderer[2]A010-4-0+66 ft 0 in16 in × 20 in18381839 1Thunderer
Hurricane[3]A022-2-2+610 ft 0 in16 in × 20 in18381839 1
Hurricane
Designs to the Brunel specification[4]A112-2-2various: Mather, Dixon, Charles Tayleur, Sharp, Roberts, Haigh Foundry18371847 17Premier, Aeolus, Bacchus, Apollo, Vulcan, Neptune, Ariel, Lion, Atlas, Venus, Viper,[note 3] Snake, Eagle, Ajax, Planet, Mercury, Mars
Priam[6]A122-2-2Robert Stephenson & Co.7 ft 0 invarious18371871 12
North Star, Morning Star, Evening Star, Dog Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Load Star, Rising Star, Bright Star, Shooting Star, Royal Star, Western Star
Priam[7]A132-2-27 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in[note 4]18401878[note 5] 62
Spit Fire, Wild Fire, Leopard, Fire Ball, Fire King, Fire Brand, Fire Fly, Charon, Panther, Lynx, Stag, Hawk, Vulture, Cyclops, Falcon, Ostrich, Greyhound, Mazeppa, Arab, Jupiter, Cerebus, Achilles, Milo, Saturn, Arrow, Dart, Hector, Mars, Harpy, Pluto, Castor, Mentor, Lucifer, Minos, Ixion, Mercury, Venus, Gorgon, Hecate, Bellona, Vesta, Actaeon, Centaur, Acheron, Erebus, Medea, Damon, Electra, Orion, Priam, Lethe, Hydra, Phlegethon, Medusa, Proserpine, Ganymede, Pollux, Argus, Phoenix, Pegasus, Stentor
Sun[9]A142-2-26 ft 0 in14 in × 18 in18401849
all rebuilt as 2-2-2ST Wolf class		 21Sun, Sunbeam, Eclipse, Meridian, Comet, Meteor, Aurora, Hesperus, Gazelle, Wolf, Djerid, Javelin, Antelope, Zebra, Lance, Yataghan, Giraffe, Assagais, Rocket, Stiletto, Creese
Priam[10]A152-2-2GWR7 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18461871 6Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch[note 6], Queen, Sylph
Great Western[11]A162-2-28 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in1846 1Great Western
Alma[12]A174-2-28 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in
Great Western, Iron Duke, Great Britain, Lightning, Emperor, Sultan, Pasha, Courier, Tartar, Dragon, Warlock, Wizard, Rougemont, Hirondelle, Tornado, Swallow, Timour, Prometheus, Perseus, Estaffete, Rover, Amazon, Lord of the Isles, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Kertch, Crimea, Eupatoria, Sebastopol
Alma[13]A184-2-2GWR8 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in18701892 25
Estaffete, Prometheus, Great Britain, Rover, Swallow, Balaklava, Hirondelle, Timour, Iron Duke, Tartar, Sultan, Warlock, Lightning, Amazon, Crimea, Eupatoria, Inkermann, Courier, Bulkeley, Dragon, Emperor, Sebastopol, Alma, Great Western, Tornado,
3001[14]A192-2-2GWR7 ft 8.5 in20 in × 24 in18911892 83021-3028
Wolf[15]A214-2-2ST7 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in18491871 6North Star, Orion, Bright Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Rising Star, Shooting Star
Wolf[16]A232-2-2ST6 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in18461870 1Venus
Wolf[17]A242-2-2STmost rebuilt from Sun class6 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in18491876 27Antelope, Assagais, Atlas, Aurora, Comet, Creese, Djerid, Eagle, Eclipse, Fire Ball[note 7], Fire King,[note 7] Gazelle, Giraffe, Hesperus, Javelin, Lance, Meridian, Meteor, Rocket, Snake, Stiletto, Sun, Sunbeam, Viper, Wolf, Yataghan, Zebra
Wolf[18]A252-2-2Trebuilt from #A117 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in18461872 3Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan
Leo[19]A312-4-05 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in1841rebuilt as Leo 2-4-0T 18Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Abbot,
Waverley before 1865[20]		A324-4-07 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18551876 10Lalla Rookh, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, Rob Roy, Waverley, Coeur de Lion, Pirate, Abbot, Red Gauntlet
Victoria[21]A332-4-06 ft 6 in16 in × 24 in18561880 18Napoleon, Victoria, Leopold, Oscar, Abdul Medjid, Victor Emanuel, Alexander, Otho, Brunel, Locke, Stephenson, Trevithick, Smeaton, Fulton, Watt, Telford, Rennie, Brindley
Metropolitan[22]A342-4-0rebuilt from Metropolitan 2-4-0T6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18651873 7Hornet, Mogul, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel
Hawthorn[23]A352-4-0Stothert, Slaughter & Co,
GWR		6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18651877,[note 8] 1892 26Hawthorn, Hackworth, John Gray, Murdock, Melling, Gooch, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Fenton, Dewrance, Foster, Blenkensop, Avonside (originally named Slaughter) on delivery, Beyer, Hawk, Ostrich, Penn, Peacock, Stewart, Phlegethon, Pollux, Sharp, Wood, Acheron, Cerebus
Compound[24]A362-4-07 ft 0.5 in14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound18861892 18
Dean express 2-4-0[25]A372-4-07 ft 0.5 in20 in × 24 in18881892 214, 16
3501[26]A382-4-0rebuilt from the 2-4-0T 35015 ft 1 in17 in × 26 in18901892 53501, 3502, 3505, 3507, 3508
Leo[19]A412-4-0STrebuilt from Leo 2-4-05 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in1874 18Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Bogie[27]A424-4-0STR. & W. Hawthorn & Co., two GWR5 ft 9 in17 in × 24 in18491880 13
Corsair, Brigand, Sappho, Homer, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Juvenal, Seneca, Lucretius, Theocritus, Statius, Euripides, Hesiod, Lucan
Metropolitan[28]A432-4-0T6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18621877, 7 rebuilt to 2-4-0 22Hornet, Shah, Bee, Gnat, Bey, Wasp, Mosquito, Locust, Czar, Mogul, Kaiser, Khan, Rose, Thistle, Fleur de Lis, Shamrock, Camelia, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel
Hawthorn[29]A442-4-0Trebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18771892 10
Melling, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Beyer, Ostrich, Penn, Stewart, Pollux, Cerebus
3501[26]A452-4-0TGWR5 ft 1 in17 in × 26 in18851890,[note 9] 1892 103501-3510
3521[30]A460-4-2STGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18881891[note 10] 193541 – 3559
3521[30]A470-4-4Trebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18891892[note 11] 183541 – 3560[note 12]
Fury[31]A510-6-0Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co5 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in18421871 4Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos
[32]A520-6-0Stothert, Slaughter & Co5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in1846 1Avalanche, rebuilt as 0-6-0ST Banking class
Fury[33]A530-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in or 4 ft 6 in16 in × 24 in18461872 12Premier, Ajax, Argo, Bellerophon, Vesuvius, Dreadnought, Telica, Fury, Bergion, Briareus, Brontes, Jason
Caesar[34] (Pyracmon)A540-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18471873 6Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator
Fury[35]A550-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18491869 1Bacchus
Caesar[34]A560-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in
(initially 16 in × 24 in)		18511880 8Dido, Volcano, Thunderer, Caesar, Florence, Nora Creina, Hero, Druid
Caesar[36] (Ariadne & Caliph classes)A570-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18521892 102
Flirt, Giaour, Hebe, Pearl, Ariadne, Leander, Cato, Europa, Nelson, Trafalgar, Cicero, Ulysses, Diana, Minerva, Cupid, Coquette, Psyche, Hecuba, Romulus, Remus, Wellington, Monarch, Zina, Brutus, Ceres, Ruby, Flora, Thames, Neptune, Vesper, Iris, Cyprus, Caliph, Janus, Orson, Vixen, Sibyl, Salus, Banshee, Sphinx, Cambyses, Midas, Nimrod, Geryon, Nero, Nemesis, Octavia, Plutus, Zetes, Metis, Rhea, Typhon, Osiris, Pelops, Creon, Panthea, Amphion, Magi, Pallas, Gyfeillon, Mersey, Severn, Tweed, Avon, Esk, Humber, Boyne, Liffey, Shannon, Clyde, Forth, Tay, Wear, Tyne, Wye, Plym, Rhondda, Tamar, Gladiator, Lagoon, Talbot, Warhawk, Warrior, Severus, Sirius, Pioneer, Hades, Chronus, Orpheus, Olympus, Plutarch, Regulus, Cossack, Tantalus, Theseus, Champion, Sylla, Leonidas, Pandora, Xerxes, Luna, Ethon
Swindon[37]A580-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18651892 14Swindon, London, Bristol, Bath, Windsor, Oxford, Reading, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Newport, Shrewsbury
388[38]A590-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18651892 201196–1215
Banking[39]A610-6-0STGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18521889 5Avalanche, Juno, (renamed to Stromboli after sale to the South Devon Railway)[39] Iago, Plato, Bithon
Sir Watkin[40] A620-6-0T GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1866 6 Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler
A630-6-0ST1892
1076[41]A640-6-0STGWR4 ft 6 in17 in × 24 in18761892 501228–1257, 1561–1580
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Notes

  1. [1]
    This article uses the class groups and names from Sheppard (2008), as the most recent and most authoritative study.[1]
  2. [2]
    Broad Gauge Society class code
  3. [3]
    Viper ended its days in the 1860s working the Portskewett Branch of the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway.[5]
  4. [4]
    later 16 in × 20 in from 1844
  5. [5]
    Six of these locos (Charon, Saturn, Ganymede, Spit Fire, Lethe and Gorgon) were sold to the Metropolitan Board of Works to be stationary engines for pumping sewage.[8]
  6. [6]
    7 ft 6 in drivers[10]
  7. [7]
    rebuilt from Priam class[17]
  8. [8]
    Ten of the 2-4-0 Hawthorns were rebuilt in 1887 as the 2-4-0T Hawthorn class[23]
  9. [9]
    Half of the class were rebuilt as 2-4-0 3501 in 1890[26]
  10. [10]
    17 of these rebuilt from 1890 as 0-4-4T 3521 class[30]
  11. [11]
    Converted to standard gauge from 1892, but all rebuilt as tender locomotives in the late 1890s.[30]
  12. [12]
    3560 was a new build.[30]

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