Locomotive classes used by the broad gauge South Devon Railway, later amalgamated with the Great Western Railway.
Class codeBroad Gauge Society class code Wheel arrangement Builder Driving wheels Cylinders Introduced Withdrawn Number built Names Comet, Comet D41 4-4-0ST 5 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1851 1884 12 Comet, Lance, Rocket, Meteor, Priam, Aurora, Damon, Ostrich, Falcon, Orion, Ixion, Osiris Antelope, Antelope D42 4-4-0ST Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 5 ft 6 in 16½ in × 24 in 1859 1892 15 Hawk, Eagle, Elk, Lynx, Gazelle, Mazeppa, Giraffe, Lion, Antelope, Wolf, Tiger, Hector, Cato, Dart, Pollux, Castor Zebra, Zebra D43 4-4-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 5 ft 8 in 17 in × 24 in 1866 1892 6 Sedley, Gorgon, Titan, Pluto, Zebra, Sol Stag, Stag D44 4-4-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 5 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 4 Leopard, Stag, Lance, Osiris Heron, Heron D46 4-4-0ST South Devon Railway 5 ft 3 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 2 Heron, Magpie King, King D47 2-4-0T Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 9 in × 16 in 1871 1878 1 King Prince, Prince D48 2-4-0ST South Devon Railway 4 ft 12 in × 17 in 1871 1892 1Prince was completed by the SDR, but the others were still under construction when the SDR amalgamated with the GWR Prince, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury Penwith, Penwith D49 2-4-0ST Stothert & Slaughter 5 ft 15 in × 22 in 1872 1888 1 Penwith Tiny, Tiny D50 0-4-0VBT Sara and Co. 3 ft 9 in × 12 in 1872 1888Tiny is one of the few surviving broad gauge locomotives 1 Tiny Weasel, Weasel D51 0-4-0WT Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 11 in × 16 in 1873 1893 3 Owl, Goat, Weasel Raven, Raven D52 0-4-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 14 in × 18 in 1874 1892 5 Raven, Rook, Lark, Crow, Jay Tornado, Tornado D61 0-6-0ST Vulcan Foundry 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1854 1885 4 Volcano, Tornado, Sampson, Goliath Ada, Ada D62 0-6-0ST Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 4 ft 6 in 16½ in × 24 in 1860 1887 5 Two other locomotives built for the Llynvi Valley Railway Dido, Hero, Rosa Romulus, Romulus D63 0-6-0ST Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1860 1892 8The classification of some of these locomotives is questioned, as to whether they were the 4 ft 6 in wheeled Ada class, or the 4'9" wheeled Romulus class. See Dido class Hebe, Ajax, Brutus, Argo, Atlas, Juno, Romulus, Remus Taurus, Taurus D64 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 3 ft 12½ in × 16 in 1869 1892 1 Taurus Camel, Camel D65 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Co. 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 10 Buffalo, Elephant, Camel, Hercules, Dragon, Achilles, Dromedary, Emperor, Python, Vulcan Redruth, Redruth D66 0-6-0ST 4 ft 9 in 17 in × 24 in 1871 1887 1 Redruth GWR Sir Watkin class, Sir Watkin class A63 0-6-0ST GWR 4 ft 6 in 17 in × 24 in 1872 1892 1 Saunders GWR 'Banking' class, Banking class A61 0-6-0ST GWR 5 ft 17 in × 24 in 1872 1889 1 Stromboli
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