GWR 5101 Class

GWR 5101 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5101 Class or Large Prairie is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives. These locomotives were medium-sized tank engines designed for stopping passenger work. As such they were to be found all over the Great Western Railway system. The original design was by G. J. Churchward in 1903 as the '31XX' Class & thus was later modified by C. B. Collett. No.4115 was one of the later locomotives being turned out by Swindon Works in October 1936. It spent most of its working life in the Birmingham area but was based for a time at Croes Newydd Shed at Wrexham before being withdrawn from service in June 1965. They were designed for passenger work and were a development of the earlier 3100 Class.

Preservation

Ten have been preserved, these are 4110, 4115, 4121, 4141, 4144, 4150, 4160, 5164, 5193 and 5199. One of these, 5193, has been rebuilt by the West Somerset Railway into a 2-6-0 resembling the 4300 Class, and numbered 9351.Out of the ten surviving 5101's seven came from Barry Scrapyard
*4110 is currently awaiting overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works
*4115 is currently awaiting overhaul at the Vale of Glamorgan Railway
*4121 is currently awaiting overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works
*4141 is currently operational at the Great Central Railway
*4144 is currently awaiting overhaul at the Didcot Railway Centre
*4150 is currently awaiting overhaul at the Severn Valley Railway
*4160 is currently operational at the West Somerset Railway
*5164 is currently operational at the Severn Valley Railway
*5199 is currently operational at the Llangollen Railway On loan at the Bluebell Railway for a year.

External links

* http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_262.htm


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • GWR 3100 Class — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = GWR 3100 Class (1938 rebuild of 3150 Class) caption = designer = Churchward (rebuilt by Collett) builder = GWR builddate = 1906 (rebuilt 1938) totalproduction = 5 whytetype = 2 6 2 gauge = 4 8½… …   Wikipedia

  • GWR 5101 — GWR 5101 …   Википедия

  • GWR 3200 Class — Preserved GWR 9017 Earl of Berkeley at Horsted Keynes railway station Power type Steam Designer Charles Collett (rebuild) Rebuilder GWR …   Wikipedia

  • GWR 455 Class — In service at Bugle in Cornwall, around 1910 3588 a …   Wikipedia

  • GWR 4300 Class — Infobox Locomotive name = Great Western Railway 4300 Class powertype = Steam caption = 6381 at Southampton Terminus 1949 builder = Great Western Railway, Swindon Works, Robert Stephenson and Company (35) builddate = 1911–1932 totalproduction =… …   Wikipedia

  • GWR Star Class — This is about the broad gauge locomotives for the later standard gauge 4 6 0s see GWR 4000 Class North Star replica (built in 1923 using some parts of the original) on display at Swindon, England, 2008 The Great Western Railway (GWR) Star Class… …   Wikipedia

  • GWR 6100 Class — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = GWR 6100 Class caption = 6165 at Reading with a train of mineral wagons, May 1964 designer = Collett builder = GWR builddate = 1931 1935 totalproduction = 70 whytetype = 2 6 2 gauge = 4 8½ leadingsize =… …   Wikipedia

  • GWR 4100 Class — Atbara class engine No. 3373 Atbara In 1897 the Great Western Railway (GWR) introduced the Badminton class express passenger 4 4 0 steam locomotives as a development from the earlier Duke class. The name Badminton was chosen after the Duke of… …   Wikipedia

  • GWR 3252 Class — The Great Western Railway Duke Class 4 4 0 steam locomotives for passenger train work, built in five batches between 1895 and 1899 for express working in Devon and Cornwall. William Dean was their designer, possibly with the collaboration of his… …   Wikipedia

  • Паровоз GWR 5101 — GWR 5101 Основные данные Осевая формула 1 3 1 Годы постройки 1903 1949 Страна постройки …   Википедия

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”