GWR 0-4-0ST


The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways and from contractors. Some of them survived into British Railways ownership in 1948 and a few are preserved.

Details

RailwayName/NumberBuilderWorks no.Build dateGWR no.BR no.Withdrawal dateNotes
Ystalyfera Tin WorksHerculesPeckett81019001Taken into stock in 1948
Swansea Harbour Trust3Hudswell Clarke72519051501929-
Swansea Harbour Trust5Andrew Barclay1045190570111401958
Swansea Harbour Trust7Peckett73918998861928-
Swansea Harbour Trust8Peckett76118999261929-
Swansea Harbour Trust9Peckett90819029301927-
Swansea Harbour Trust10Peckett9741904933Sold to National Coal Board in 1928
Swansea Harbour Trust11Peckett1053190692911411952-
Swansea Harbour Trust12Peckett1105190896811431960
Swansea Harbour Trust13Hawthorn Leslie2781190997411441960
Swansea Harbour Trust14Hudswell Clarke939191194311421959
Swansea Harbour Trust15Peckett12821912108511461951
Swansea Harbour Trust16Peckett13021913108611471951
Swansea Harbour Trust18Peckett15221918109811451959
Powlesland and Mason3Peckett1328191369611501952
Powlesland and Mason4Peckett144919167791151Sold 1964
Powlesland and Mason5Brush Electrical3011903795Rebuilt with pannier tanks in 1926
Powlesland and Mason6Brush Electrical3141906921Sold to Berry Wiggins & Co. Ltd. in 1928. On display at the Snibston Discovery Museum until March 2016.
Powlesland and Mason7Avonside10531874925Ex GWR 1330; formerly South Devon Railway Rook. Purchased in 1906
Powlesland and Mason11Peckett105419079271928-
Powlesland and Mason12Peckett1179191293511521961
Powlesland and Mason14Andrew Barclay127319129281927-
Powlesland and MasonDorothyHawthorn Leslie2558190394211531955
Cardiff Railway5Kitson & Co.3799189813381338Preserved at Didcot
Alexandra DocksTrojanAvonside138618971340Preserved at Didcot
Alexandra DocksAlexandraAvonside1387189813411946-
Taff Vale Railway267Hudswell Clarke166187613421926-
Taff Vale Railway266Hudswell Clarke159187613431925-
West Cornwall RailwayFoxAvonside91318721385Sold 1912

In fiction

The character Percy the Small Engine from The Railway Series takes some influences, particularly the water tank, from the 1340 0-4-0ST, but also from the larger 0-6-0ST 1361 class.

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