Great Western Railway absorbed locomotives gives details of Great Western Railway absorbed locomotives which do not yet have individual pages.

The grouping Under the terms of the Railways Act 1921, the Great Western Railway (GWR) amalgamated with six companies – the "constituent companies" - and absorbed a large number of others – the "subsidiary companies". All of the constituent companies and ten of the subsidiary companies owned locomotives, ranging from the Taff Vale Railway which had 275 locomotives (one of which was not taken into GWR stock), to the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway and the Gwendreath Valleys Railway, with just two each. The constituent companies were amalgamated on 1 January 1922, some of the subsidiary companies being absorbed on the same date, the rest following at intervals until July 1923. Two more undertakings, not mentioned in the Act, which were responsible for shunting at Swansea Docks, sold their locomotives to the GWR soon afterwards.

Company Status Date Locomotives NotesAlexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Constituent 39 Barry Railway Constituent 148 Cambrian Railways Constituent 99 Cardiff Railway Constituent 36 Rhymney Railway Constituent 123 Taff Vale Railway Constituent 274 Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Subsidiary 47 Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Subsidiary 15 Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway Subsidiary 2 Gwendreath Valleys Railway Subsidiary 2 Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Subsidiary 8 Midland and South Western Junction Railway Subsidiary 29 Neath and Brecon Railway Subsidiary 15 Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company Subsidiary 22 Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Subsidiary 37 South Wales Mineral Railway Subsidiary 5 Powlesland and Mason 9 Swansea Harbour Trust 14

Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Thirty-nine locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922. Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes 0-4-0ST 1 Trojan Avonside Engine Company 1897 1340 Acquired 1903 0-4-0ST 1 Alexandra Avonside Engine Company 1898 1341 Acquired 1903 0-4-2T 1 14 GWR Wolverhampton 1877 1426 GWR 517 Class 0-6-0ST 5 1 to 5 Robert Stephenson & Company 1898–1900 674–678

Barry Railway

Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway

Forty-seven locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 July 1922 +Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway locomotives inherited by the GWR Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes 0-6-0ST 2 17–18 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1881 2190–1 0-6-0ST 12 1–8, 13–16 1884–86 2177–88 2-4-0T 5 9–12, 25 Robert Stephenson & Co. 1888–89, 1898 1402/12/52/8/60 0-6-2ST 4 19, 20/3/6 Vulcan Foundry 1894, 1905 1674/7/92, 1833 0-6-0ST 5 22, 24, 27–29 1896, 1900 2169–73 0-6-0ST 3 32–34 Swindon Works 1886–87 1685/93/4 Ex-GWR 1661 Class, acquired 1906–07 0-6-2T 8 36–43 Robert Stephenson & Co. 1909–10, 1914 11, 21, 332, 504, 698, 888, 1084, 1113 4-4-2T 1 44 Beyer Peacock & Co 1879 1391 Ex-LSWR 46 class, acquired 1914 0-6-2T 6 45–50 Robert Stephenson & Co. 1915, 1921 1372–5, 1668/70 0-6-0T 1 35 Kerr, Stuart & Co. 1917 2161 Ex-Railway Operating Division, acquired 1920

Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway

Fifteen locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 July 1922 +Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway locomotives inherited by the GWR Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes 0-6-0ST 2 1, 3 Chapman and Furneaux 1900–01 2192–3 0-6-0ST 4 4–7 Avonside Engine Company 1903–07 2194–6, 2176 0-6-0T 9 8–12, 2, 15, 13, 14 Hudswell Clarke 1909–19 2197, 2163, 2198, 2164/5/2/8/6/7 No. 2164 was withdrawn in 1929, and no. 2163 in 1944; the remaining thirteen were passed on to British Railways, being withdrawn between 1951 and 1959.

Cambrian Railways Ninety-nine locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922, including five narrow gauge: three on the Vale of Rheidol Railway, and two on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway:

NumberNameBuilderWheelYear builtNotes1Edward VIIDavies & Metcalfe1902Re-numbered 1212 in 1922. Overhauled by the GWR in 1925 and gained traditional Swindon fittings. Saw very little use following the arrival of the 3 new locomotives. In 1932 1212 moved to Swindon works The official withdrawal date is given as 9 March 1935. It was scrapped shortly afterwards.Green, 1986, page 1872Prince of WalesDavies & Metcalfe1902Renumbered 1213 in 1922. Sent to Swindon works in 1924 and scrapped. The number was immediately re-used for the new locomotive 1213 (now No 9) as part of the pretence of a heavy overhaul of the original locomotive. 3RheidolBagnall1896Renumbered 1198 by the GWR in 1923 but withdrawn and scrapped the following year, having never carried its GWR number.Green, 1986, pages 204-205

Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes 0-6-0T 2 WLLR 1 The Earl and 2 Countess Beyer, Peacock & Company 822 and 823

Cardiff Railway

Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway Two locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922 Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes 0-6-0ST 2 Cleobury and Burwarton Manning Wardle 1908 28 and 29 Both rebuilt as 0-6-0PT

Gwendreath Valleys Railway Two 0-6-0ST locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923. One was given the GWR number 26, but the second (Margret) was sold in 1923 without being allocated a GWR number.

Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Eight locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923 312 Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T, George Waddell 339 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T, Tarndune 803 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T, Ravelston 937 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T, Merkland 359 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST, Hilda 704 Manning Wardle 0-6-0T, Victory 944 Avonside Engine Company 0-6-0T, Great Mountain 969 Fox, Walker and Company 0-6-0ST, Seymour Clarke

Midland and South Western Junction Railway

Neath and Brecon Railway

Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company

Powlesland and Mason

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Thirty-seven locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922 164 - 179, 181 Kitson 0-6-2T 180, 182 Robert Stephenson & Company 0-6-2T ex Port Talbot Railway 728, 1167, 1652, 1660 ex-GWR 1076 Class 0-6-0ST 789, 801, 802, 805, 806 Beyer, Peacock & Company 0-6-0T 1307, 1309, 1310 Kitson 2-4-2T 1710, 1756 ex-GWR 1701 Class 0-6-0ST 1825, 1834 ex-GWR 1813 Class 0-6-0ST 2756 ex-GWR 2721 Class 0-6-0ST

Rhymney Railway

South Wales Mineral Railway Five locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923 817 - 818 ex-South Devon Railway Buffalo class 0-6-0ST 1546, 1806, 1811 ex-GWR 645 Class 0-6-0ST

Swansea Harbour Trust

Taff Vale Railway 275 locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922 +Taff Vale Railway locomotives inherited by the GWRClass Wheels Introduced Final TVR nos. Quantity First GWR nos. To BR Extinct Notes RefA 0-6-2T 1914 3, 7, 10–12, 20, 42/5, 52, 75, 80, 90/1, 120/2–5/7–130/2–6/8–140/4/9, 154/6–160/2/4/5, 400–416 58 335/7, 343–9, 351/2/6/7, 360–2/4–8, 370–391/3/4/7–9, 401–4/6/8, 438–441 58 1957 GWR nos. 401 up allotted 303–9, 312/6, 322 in 1946, renumbered 1947–50 C 4-4-2T 1888 170–5 6 1301–6 — 1927 D 0-6-0ST 1865 250, 270 2 797/8 — 1926 E 0-6-0ST 1873 264–5 2 795/6 — 1927 H 0-6-0T 1884 141–3 3 792–4 3 1953 Renumbered 193–5 during 1948/49 I 4-4-0T 1884 285–7 3 999, 1133, 1184 — 1925 K & L 0-6-0 1874 210/7/9, 220, 235/6/9, 242/5, 252/3/9, 261, 281/3/4/8, 297/8, 301/2/4, 313–6, 320/2/5/7/8, 335–7/9, 340, 354/6–360 42 912–933/5/6/8/9, 941–4/6/8, 968–970/4/8, 984, 1000–2 — 1930 43 withdrawn 1907–20 M & M1 0-6-2T 1885 4, 5, 14–16, 22/4, 50/1/3/4, 71/4, 86–89, 145–8, 150–3, 163/6–9, 176–181, 344/9, 362/4/5 41 442–5, 462/6, 478, 481–4/7–493, 503/5–8, 511/3/5/6, 520, 552, 560/7, 573/7–580/2–6 — 1934 N 0-6-2T 1891 106/7, 182–9 10 485/6, 494–6, 498–502 — 1934 O 0-6-2T 1894 21/5/6, 33/4, 190 6 446–8, 452/3, 581 — 1930 O1 0-6-2T 1894 27–29, 37, 41, 60–65, 70/3/8 14 449–451/4/5, 471–7/9, 480 — 1931 O2 0-6-2T 1899 31/2, 44, 66, 81–5 9 412/3/5/9, 421/3–6 — 1928 O3 0-6-2T 1902 18/9, 47, 55/7, 92/3/6, 103, 117, 126, 131/7, 155, 161 15 410/1/6–8, 427–35/7 2 1948 Nos. 410/1 to BR O4 0-6-2T 1907 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 13/7, 35/6/8/9, 43/6/8/9, 56/8/9, 67–9, 94/5/7/8, 101/2/4/5/8–116/8/9, 121 41 236, 278–302, 310/1/3–5/7–321/4, 333, 409, 414, 420 41 1955 Nos. 300 up allotted 200–211, 215–220 in 1946; except for 301/2, 314 these were renumbered in 1946–50. S & T 0-4-0ST 1876 266/7 2 1342/3 — 1926 U & U1 0-6-2T 1895 23, 30, 40, 72/6/7/9, 191–198 15 587–593/5–600/2/3 — 1931 V 0-6-0ST 1899 99, 100, 275, 280, 290/1 6 786–791 — 1930

See also GWR 0-4-0ST Welsh 0-6-2T locomotives Locomotives of the Great Western Railway

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