The GWR 5700 Class (or 57xx class) is a class of 0-6-0PT steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929...
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remedy the faults. When the Welsh railwaymen discovered that the new GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0 pannier tank (introduced 1929) was even more suitable for the...
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120 locos 2721 Class · Dean/Swindon 1897-1901, 80 locos Large engines (wheelbase over 15'), built as pannier tanks from new GWR 5700 Class · Collett/Swindon...
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tank engines but smaller than the ubiquitous GWR 5700 Class. The nominally Collett-designed 5400 Class had 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m) driving wheels for greater...
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Class Hall class 4–6–0 10 GWR 5101 Class 2-6-2T 3 GWR 5205 Class 2-8-0T 8 GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T 6 GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT 2 GWR 6000 Class King class 4–6–0...
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their current number. LMS Jubilee Class 5593 Kolhapur: sold to West Coast Railways and left in 2024. GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No 7760: sold to a private...
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5700 may refer to: A.D. 5700, a year in the 6th millennium CE 5700 BC, a year in the 6th millennium BCE 5700, a number in the 5000 (number) range GWR...
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another is assigned. SR Class U 31625 is TOPS 98426 as it would otherwise duplicate GWR 7325 (TOPS 98425), BR Standard Class 8 71000 Duke of Gloucester...
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never renumbered back to 4800s. In April 1958, under British Rail, GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No. 3711 was converted to burn oil, with a fuel tank installed...
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rebuilt with pannier tanks they were the direct predecessors of the GWR 5700 Class of 1929. No. 2756 was sold to the Rhondda And Swansea Bay Railway, becoming...
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Great Western Railway (GWR) express passenger locomotives. The Star class was designed to take the top express trains on the GWR, with 61 in service by...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927...
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Daniel Gooch standard-gauge locomotives (redirect from GWR 57 Class)
comprise several classes of locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch, Superintendent of Locomotive Engines for the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1837 to 1864...
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Western Railway (GWR) 8000 or Cathedral Class was a class of proposed 4-6-2 steam locomotive. This locomotive class would have been the GWR's second attempt...
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Lord of the Isles (the last to be withdrawn) was initially preserved by the GWR at Swindon Works, but was scrapped in January 1906 owing to the pressure...
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Steam locomotive (section Classes)
Class 52 2-10-0 Kriegslok. In Britain, 863 of the GWR 5700 Class were built, and 943 of the DX class of the London and North Western Railway – including...
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Railway (GWR) was well served with express passenger locomotives of the Saint and Star classes and had recently introduced the Castle Class. However,...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties. The first ten 9400s...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6959 or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles...
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Barclay 0-4-0ST Under Overhaul. Built in 1946. N/A No. 9681 BR(W) 0-6-0PT GWR 5700 Class Operational; completed its overhaul in November 2022. Built in 1949...
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The GWR 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by the Great Western Railway for branch line passenger work. It was originally classified as...
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Star were a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1906 and...
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GWR 5600 Class 5651, 5669, 6621, 6696 12 × GWR 5700 Class 3727, 3794, 5794, 6753, 7702, 7712, 7719, 7722, 7723, 7725, 7758, 8749 1 × GWR 6100 Class 6115...
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Western Railway (GWR) 6800 Class or Grange Class is a mixed-traffic class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive, built to replace the GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0. There were...
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closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 with trains diverted to the former GWR Oxford General, the current Oxford station. In co-operation with the Science...
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the GWR's Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, at Wolverhampton Works. For ten years the task of providing new locomotives for the GWR's newly...
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Little Western with Oliver and his two autocoaches, Alice and Mirabel. GWR 5700 Class Donald and Douglas NWR 9 and 10 BR 57646 and 57647 0-6-0 Originally...
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Western Railway (GWR) 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were designed as a lighter version of the Grange Class, giving them...
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although freight traffic continued until 7 September 1962. Having secured GWR 4500 Class Small Prairie Tank No.4555 for £750 from BR, Patrick Whitehouse and...
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the Atbara Class, no. 3405 Mauritius, was reboilered with a tapered domeless boiler and Belpaire firebox. The locomotive was the first GWR 4-4-0 to be...
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