List of GWR broad gauge locomotives

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 arrangement	Builder	Driving wheels	Cylinders	Intro- duced	With- drawn	Number built	Names

Thunderer^[2]	A01	0-4-0+6		6 ft 0 in	16 in × 20 in	1838	1839	1	Thunderer
Hurricane^[3]	A02	2-2-2+6		10 ft 0 in	16 in × 20 in	1838	1839	1	Hurricane
Designs to the Brunel specification^[4]	A11	2-2-2	various: Mather, Dixon, Charles Tayleur, Sharp, Roberts, Haigh Foundry			1837	1847	17	Premier, Aeolus, Bacchus, Apollo, Vulcan, Neptune, Ariel, Lion, Atlas, Venus, Viper,^{[note 3]} Snake, Eagle, Ajax, Planet, Mercury, Mars
Priam^[6]	A12	2-2-2	Robert Stephenson & Co.	7 ft 0 in	various	1837	1871	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]	A13	2-2-2		7 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in^{[note 4]}	1840	1878^{[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]	A14	2-2-2		6 ft 0 in	14 in × 18 in	1840	1849 all rebuilt as 2-2-2ST Wolf class	21	Sun, Sunbeam, Eclipse, Meridian, Comet, Meteor, Aurora, Hesperus, Gazelle, Wolf, Djerid, Javelin, Antelope, Zebra, Lance, Yataghan, Giraffe, Assagais, Rocket, Stiletto, Creese
Priam^[10]	A15	2-2-2	GWR	7 ft 0 in	16 in × 24 in	1846	1871	6	Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch^{[note 6]}, Queen, Sylph
Great Western^[11]	A16	2-2-2		8 ft 0 in	18 in × 24 in	1846		1	Great Western
Alma^[12]	A17	4-2-2		8 ft 0 in	18 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]	A18	4-2-2	GWR	8 ft 0 in	18 in × 24 in	1870	1892	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]	A19	2-2-2	GWR	7 ft 8.5 in	20 in × 24 in	1891	1892	8	3021-3028
Wolf^[15]	A21	4-2-2ST		7 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in	1849	1871	6	North Star, Orion, Bright Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Rising Star, Shooting Star
Wolf^[16]	A23	2-2-2ST		6 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in	1846	1870	1	Venus
Wolf^[17]	A24	2-2-2ST	most rebuilt from Sun class	6 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in	1849	1876	27	Antelope, 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]	A25	2-2-2T	rebuilt from #A11	7 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in	1846	1872	3	Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan
Leo^[19]	A31	2-4-0		5 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in	1841	rebuilt as Leo 2-4-0T	18	Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Abbot, Waverley before 1865^[20]	A32	4-4-0		7 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1855	1876	10	Lalla Rookh, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, Rob Roy, Waverley, Coeur de Lion, Pirate, Abbot, Red Gauntlet
Victoria^[21]	A33	2-4-0		6 ft 6 in	16 in × 24 in	1856	1880	18	Napoleon, Victoria, Leopold, Oscar, Abdul Medjid, Victor Emanuel, Alexander, Otho, Brunel, Locke, Stephenson, Trevithick, Smeaton, Fulton, Watt, Telford, Rennie, Brindley
Metropolitan^[22]	A34	2-4-0	rebuilt from Metropolitan 2-4-0T	6 ft 0 in	16 in × 24 in	1865	1873	7	Hornet, Mogul, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel
Hawthorn^[23]	A35	2-4-0	Stothert, Slaughter & Co, GWR	6 ft 0 in	16 in × 24 in	1865	1877,^{[note 8]} 1892	26	Hawthorn, 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]	A36	2-4-0		7 ft 0.5 in	14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound	1886	1892	1	8
Dean express 2-4-0^[25]	A37	2-4-0		7 ft 0.5 in	20 in × 24 in	1888	1892	2	14, 16
3501^[26]	A38	2-4-0	rebuilt from the 2-4-0T 3501	5 ft 1 in	17 in × 26 in	1890	1892	5	3501, 3502, 3505, 3507, 3508
Leo^[19]	A41	2-4-0ST	rebuilt from Leo 2-4-0	5 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in		1874	18	Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Bogie^[27]	A42	4-4-0ST	R. & W. Hawthorn & Co., two GWR	5 ft 9 in	17 in × 24 in	1849	1880	13	Corsair, Brigand, Sappho, Homer, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Juvenal, Seneca, Lucretius, Theocritus, Statius, Euripides, Hesiod, Lucan
Metropolitan^[28]	A43	2-4-0T		6 ft 0 in	16 in × 24 in	1862	1877, 7 rebuilt to 2-4-0	22	Hornet, 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]	A44	2-4-0T	rebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1877	1892	10	Melling, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Beyer, Ostrich, Penn, Stewart, Pollux, Cerebus
3501^[26]	A45	2-4-0T	GWR	5 ft 1 in	17 in × 26 in	1885	1890,^{[note 9]} 1892	10	3501-3510
3521^[30]	A46	0-4-2ST	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1888	1891^{[note 10]}	19	3541 – 3559
3521^[30]	A47	0-4-4T	rebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1889	1892^{[note 11]}	18	3541 – 3560^{[note 12]}
Fury^[31]	A51	0-6-0	Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co	5 ft 0 in	15 in × 18 in	1842	1871	4	Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos
^[32]	A52	0-6-0	Stothert, Slaughter & Co	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1846		1	Avalanche, rebuilt as 0-6-0ST Banking class
Fury^[33]	A53	0-6-0	GWR	5 ft 0 in or 4 ft 6 in	16 in × 24 in	1846	1872	12	Premier, Ajax, Argo, Bellerophon, Vesuvius, Dreadnought, Telica, Fury, Bergion, Briareus, Brontes, Jason
Caesar^[34] (Pyracmon)	A54	0-6-0	GWR	5 ft 0 in	16 in × 24 in	1847	1873	6	Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator
Fury^[35]	A55	0-6-0	GWR	5 ft 0 in	16 in × 24 in	1849	1869	1	Bacchus
Caesar^[34]	A56	0-6-0	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in (initially 16 in × 24 in)	1851	1880	8	Dido, Volcano, Thunderer, Caesar, Florence, Nora Creina, Hero, Druid
Caesar^[36] (Ariadne & Caliph classes)	A57	0-6-0	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1852	1892	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]	A58	0-6-0	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1865	1892	14	Swindon, London, Bristol, Bath, Windsor, Oxford, Reading, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Newport, Shrewsbury
388^[38]	A59	0-6-0	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1865	1892	20	1196–1215
Banking^[39]	A61	0-6-0ST	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1852	1889	5	Avalanche, Juno, (renamed to Stromboli after sale to the South Devon Railway)^[39] Iago, Plato, Bithon
Sir Watkin^[40]	A62	0-6-0T	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in	1866		6	Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler
Sir Watkin^[40]	A63	0-6-0ST	GWR	5 ft 0 in	17 in × 24 in		1892	6
1076^[41]	A64	0-6-0ST	GWR	4 ft 6 in	17 in × 24 in	1876	1892	50	1228–1257, 1561–1580

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

[1]
Sheppard, Geof (2008). Broad Gauge Locomotives. Noodle Books / Broad Gauge Society. ISBN 978-1-906-419-09-7.
[2]
Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Thunderer
[3]
Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Hurricane
[4]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 11–12,
[5]
Smith, Richard (2013). Portskewett Railways. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1491294031.
[6]
Sheppard 2008, p. 13, Priam
[7]
Sheppard 2008, p. 14–15, Priam
[8]
Garnsworthy, Paul (2023). "Broad gauge locomotives purchased by the Metropolitan Board of Works" (PDF). London's Industrial Archaeology. Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
[9]
Sheppard 2008, p. 15–16,
[10]
Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Priam
[11]
Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Great Western
[12]
Sheppard 2008, p. 17, Alma
[13]
Sheppard 2008, p. 18, Alma
[14]
Sheppard 2008, p. 18, 3001
[15]
Sheppard 2008, p. 18, Wolf
[16]
Sheppard 2008, p. 19, Wolf
[17]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 19–20, Wolf
[18]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21, Wolf
[19]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21, 26–27, Leo
[20]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Abbot
[21]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Victoria
[22]
Sheppard 2008, p. 24, Metropolitan, 2-4-0
[23]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 24–25, Hawthorn
[24]
Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Compound
[25]
Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Dean express
[26]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 26, 29, 3501
[27]
Sheppard 2008, p. 27, Bogie
[28]
Sheppard 2008, p. 28, Metropolitan, 2-4-0T
[29]
Sheppard 2008, p. 29, Hawthorn
[30]
Sheppard 2008, p. 30, 3521
[31]
Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury, A51
[32]
Sheppard 2008, p. 31,
[33]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 31–32, Fury, A53
[34]
Sheppard 2008, p. 32, Caesar
[35]
Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury
[36]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 33–35, Caesar
[37]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 36–37, Swindon
[38]
Sheppard 2008, p. 37, 388
[39]
Sheppard 2008, p. 37, Banking
[40]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 38–39, Sir Watkin
[41]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 39–40, 1076

[2] [N 1]
This article uses the class groups and names from Sheppard (2008), as the most recent and most authoritative study.^[1]

[3] [N 2]
Broad Gauge Society class code

[8] [N 3]
Viper ended its days in the 1860s working the Portskewett Branch of the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway.^[5]

[11] [N 4]
later 16 in × 20 in from 1844

[13] [N 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]

[16] [N 6]
7 ft 6 in drivers^[10]

[Wolf_Priam-24] [N 7]
rebuilt from Priam class^[17]

[31] [N 8]
Ten of the 2-4-0 Hawthorns were rebuilt in 1887 as the 2-4-0T Hawthorn class^[23]

[38] [N 9]
Half of the class were rebuilt as 2-4-0 3501 in 1890^[26]

[40] [N 10]
17 of these rebuilt from 1890 as 0-4-4T 3521 class^[30]

[41] [N 11]
Converted to standard gauge from 1892, but all rebuilt as tender locomotives in the late 1890s.^[30]

[42] [N 12]
3560 was a new build.^[30]

[1] [1]
Sheppard, Geof (2008). Broad Gauge Locomotives. Noodle Books / Broad Gauge Society. ISBN 978-1-906-419-09-7.

[Sheppard,_Thunderer-4] [2]
Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Thunderer

[Sheppard,_Hurricane-5] [3]
Sheppard 2008, p. 11, Hurricane

[Sheppard,_A11-6] [4]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 11–12,

[7] [5]
Smith, Richard (2013). Portskewett Railways. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1491294031.

[Sheppard,_Priam,_A12-9] [6]
Sheppard 2008, p. 13, Priam

[Sheppard,_Priam,_A13-10] [7]
Sheppard 2008, p. 14–15, Priam

[12] [8]
Garnsworthy, Paul (2023). "Broad gauge locomotives purchased by the Metropolitan Board of Works" (PDF). London's Industrial Archaeology. Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

[Sheppard,-14] [9]
Sheppard 2008, p. 15–16,

[Sheppard,_Priam,_A15-15] [10]
Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Priam

[Sheppard,_Great_Western-17] [11]
Sheppard 2008, p. 16, Great Western

[18] [12]
Sheppard 2008, p. 17, Alma

[19] [13]
Sheppard 2008, p. 18, Alma

[Sheppard,_3001-20] [14]
Sheppard 2008, p. 18, 3001

[Sheppard,_Wolf,_A21-21] [15]
Sheppard 2008, p. 18, Wolf

[Sheppard,_Wolf,_A23-22] [16]
Sheppard 2008, p. 19, Wolf

[Sheppard,_Wolf,_A24-23] [17]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 19–20, Wolf

[Sheppard,_Wolf,_A25-25] [18]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21, Wolf

[Sheppard,_Leo-26] [19]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 20–21, 26–27, Leo

[Sheppard,_Abbot-27] [20]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Abbot

[Sheppard,_Victoria-28] [21]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 22–23, Victoria

[Sheppard,_Metropolitan,_A34-29] [22]
Sheppard 2008, p. 24, Metropolitan, 2-4-0

[Sheppard,_Hawthorn,_A35-30] [23]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 24–25, Hawthorn

[Sheppard,_A36-32] [24]
Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Compound

[Sheppard,_A37-33] [25]
Sheppard 2008, p. 25, Dean express

[Sheppard,_3501-34] [26]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 26, 29, 3501

[Sheppard,_Bogie-35] [27]
Sheppard 2008, p. 27, Bogie

[Sheppard,_Metropolitan,_A43-36] [28]
Sheppard 2008, p. 28, Metropolitan, 2-4-0T

[Sheppard,_Hawthorn-37] [29]
Sheppard 2008, p. 29, Hawthorn

[Sheppard,_3521-39] [30]
Sheppard 2008, p. 30, 3521

[Sheppard,_Fury,_A51-43] [31]
Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury, A51

[Sheppard,_A52-44] [32]
Sheppard 2008, p. 31,

[Sheppard,_Fury,_A53-45] [33]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 31–32, Fury, A53

[Sheppard,_Caesar,_A56-46] [34]
Sheppard 2008, p. 32, Caesar

[Sheppard,_Fury,_A55-47] [35]
Sheppard 2008, p. 31, Fury

[Sheppard,_Caesar-48] [36]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 33–35, Caesar

[Sheppard,_Swindon-49] [37]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 36–37, Swindon

[Sheppard,_388-50] [38]
Sheppard 2008, p. 37, 388

[Sheppard,_Banking-51] [39]
Sheppard 2008, p. 37, Banking

[52] [40]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 38–39, Sir Watkin

[Sheppard,_1076-53] [41]
Sheppard 2008, pp. 39–40, 1076

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