GWR 1813 Class
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The Great Western Railway
's 1813 Class was a series of 40 0-6-0 side-tank engines built at Swindon Works in two lots of 20 engines each:
This was the first 0-6-0 tank design of William Dean and in its concept and dimensions may be regarded as the precursor of all the larger GWR pannier tanks of the 20th century, such as the 5700
and 9400
classes:
From 1894 some of the 1813s were rebuilt with saddle tanks, and in 1903-6 six were rebuilt with either short or full-length pannier tanks, resulting in a very early example of this type of engine. The rest were so converted between 1911 and 1925, as had become standard practice on the Great Western. The class also carried an unusually wide variety of different boilers. Nearly all of these engines spent their lives on the GWR's Southern Division. No. 1835 alone passed into British Railways stock, to be withdrawn in January 1949.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
's 1813 Class was a series of 40 0-6-0 side-tank engines built at Swindon Works in two lots of 20 engines each:
- Nos. 1813-1832 (Lot 59, 1882-3)
- Nos. 1834-1853 (Lot 60, 1883-4)
This was the first 0-6-0 tank design of William Dean and in its concept and dimensions may be regarded as the precursor of all the larger GWR pannier tanks of the 20th century, such as the 5700
GWR 5700 Class
The Great Western Railway 5700 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950. 863 were built, making them the second most-produced British class of steam locomotive.- Overview :...
and 9400
GWR 9400 Class
The Great Western Railway 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties.The first ten 9400s were the last steam engines built by the GWR. After nationalisation in 1948, another 200 were built by private contractors for British Railways...
classes:
- Inside frames
- Wheels 4'6" diamater, wheelbase 15'6"
- Cylinders 17" x 24"
From 1894 some of the 1813s were rebuilt with saddle tanks, and in 1903-6 six were rebuilt with either short or full-length pannier tanks, resulting in a very early example of this type of engine. The rest were so converted between 1911 and 1925, as had become standard practice on the Great Western. The class also carried an unusually wide variety of different boilers. Nearly all of these engines spent their lives on the GWR's Southern Division. No. 1835 alone passed into British Railways stock, to be withdrawn in January 1949.
Source
- H.M. le Fleming (1958), Locomotives of the Great Western Railway: part five: Six-coupled Tank Engines, RCTS