This is a list of the broad gauge locomotives of the Great Western Railway. It excludes those purchased from constituent companies, or acquired through amalgamations.
Class codeBroad Gauge Society class code Wheel arrangement Builder Driving wheels Cylinders Intro-duced With-drawn Numberbuilt Names Thunderer, Thunderer A01 0-4-0+6 6 ft 0 in 16 in × 20 in 1838 1839 1 Thunderer Hurricane, Hurricane A02 2-2-2+6 10 ft 0 in 16 in × 20 in 1838 1839 1 Hurricane Designs to the Brunel specification, 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, Snake, Eagle, Ajax, Planet, Mercury, Mars Priam, Priam 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, Priam 2-2-2 7 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in 1840 1878 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, 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, Priam A15 2-2-2 GWR 7 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1846 1871 6 Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch, Queen, Sylph Great Western, Great Western A16 2-2-2 8 ft 0 in 18 in × 24 in 1846 1 Great Western Alma, Alma 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, Alma 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, 3001 A19 2-2-2 GWR 7 ft 8.5 in 20 in × 24 in 1891 1892 8 3021-3028 Wolf, Wolf 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, Wolf A23 2-2-2ST 6 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in 1846 1870 1 Venus Wolf, Wolf 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, Fire King, Gazelle, Giraffe, Hesperus, Javelin, Lance, Meridian, Meteor, Rocket, Snake, Stiletto, Sun, Sunbeam, Viper, Wolf, Yataghan, Zebra Wolf, Wolf A25 2-2-2T rebuilt from #A11 7 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in 1846 1872 3 Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan Leo, Leo 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, Abbot 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, Victoria 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, Metropolitan, 2-4-0 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, Hawthorn 2-4-0 Stothert, Slaughter & Co, GWR 6 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1865 1877, 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, Compound 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, Dean express A37 2-4-0 7 ft 0.5 in 20 in × 24 in 1888 1892 2 14, 16 3501, 3501 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 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, Bogie 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, Metropolitan, 2-4-0T 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, Hawthorn 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 2-4-0T GWR 5 ft 1 in 17 in × 26 in 1885 1890, 1892 10 3501-3510 3521, 3521 A46 0-4-2ST GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1888 1891 19 3541 – 3559 3521 A47 0-4-4T rebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1889 1892 18 3541 – 3560 Fury, Fury, A51 A51 0-6-0 Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co 5 ft 0 in 15 in × 18 in 1842 1871 4 Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos , 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, Fury, A53 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, Caesar (Pyracmon) A54 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1847 1873 6 Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator Fury, Fury A55 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 16 in × 24 in 1849 1869 1 Bacchus Caesar 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, Caesar (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, Swindon 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, 388 A59 0-6-0 GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1865 1892 20 1196–1215 Banking, Banking 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) Iago, Plato, Bithon Sir Watkin, Sir Watkin A62 0-6-0T GWR 5 ft 0 in 17 in × 24 in 1866 6 Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler A63 0-6-0ST 1892 1076, 1076 A64 0-6-0ST GWR 4 ft 6 in 17 in × 24 in 1876 1892 50 1228–1257, 1561–1580
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