South Devon Railway Tornado class
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The four Tornado class locomotives were 0-6-0
saddle tank broad gauge
locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway
and associated railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required.
They were ordered by Evans and Geach who were contracted to operate the railway's locomotives. They were designed by Daniel Gooch
and based on his Banking Class locomotives
built for the Great Western Railway
who had previously operated the South Devon Railway, and built by the Vulcan Foundry
.
On 1 February 1876 the South Devon Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, the locomotives were given numbers by their new owners but continued to carry their names too.
Three similar locomotives were built for the Vale of Neath Railway
in 1854. Some of these could be found working on the South Devon lines after the 1876 amalgamation.
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
saddle tank broad gauge
Broad gauge
Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...
locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway
South Devon Railway Company
The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a broad gauge railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel-Chronology:* 1844 South Devon Railway Act passed by parliament...
and associated railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required.
They were ordered by Evans and Geach who were contracted to operate the railway's locomotives. They were designed by Daniel Gooch
Daniel Gooch
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet was an English railway and transatlantic cable engineer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885...
and based on his Banking Class locomotives
GWR Banking Class
The Banking Class were five 0-6-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives for assisting trains up inclines on the Great Western Railway. Designed by Daniel Gooch, they were tank engine versions of his Standard Goods class, and mainly built at Swindon Works....
built for the Great Western Railway
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...
who had previously operated the South Devon Railway, and built by the Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
.
On 1 February 1876 the South Devon Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, the locomotives were given numbers by their new owners but continued to carry their names too.
Three similar locomotives were built for the Vale of Neath Railway
Vale of Neath Railway 0-6-0ST locomotives
Vale of Neath Railway 0-6-0ST locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives for working the heavy goods traffic on the Vale of Neath Railway and its associated lines in Wales. The first of 13 broad gauge locomotives entered service in 1854 and the last was withdrawn in 1886...
in 1854. Some of these could be found working on the South Devon lines after the 1876 amalgamation.
Locomotives
- Goliah (1855 – 1885) GWR no. 2141
- This locomotive was named after a biblical character, GoliathGoliath (Bible)Goliath , جليات Ǧulyāt ) known also as Goliath of Gath is a figure in the Hebrew Bible . Described as a giant Philistine warrior, he is famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel...
.
- Sampson (1855 – 1884) GWR no. 2142
- This locomotive was named after SamsonSamsonSamson, Shimshon ; Shamshoun or Sampson is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh ....
, a biblical character associated with Goliath.
- Tornado (1854 – 1884) GWR no. 2139
- On 13 March 1860 Tornado was working a goods train at TotnesTotnes railway stationTotnes railway station serves the towns of Totnes and Dartington in Devon, England. It is situated on the Exeter to Plymouth line and is operated by First Great Western...
when its boiler exploded, killing the driver. It was also notorious for being the locomotive of a runaway china clayKaoliniteKaolinite is a clay mineral, part of the group of industrial minerals, with the chemical composition Al2Si2O54. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral sheet of alumina octahedra...
train at Burngullow on the Cornwall RailwayCornwall RailwayThe Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The section from Plymouth to Truro opened in 1859, the extension to Falmouth in 1863...
on 29 October 1872. - A tornadoTornadoA tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
is a kind of wind.
- Volcano (1854 – 1877) GWR no. 2140
- A volcanoVolcano2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
is a mountain that erupts magma.