List of GWR broad gauge locomotives


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
code
Wheel arrangementBuilder
Driving wheelsCylinders
Intro-
duced		With-
drawn		Number
built		Names
ThundererA010-4-0+66 ft 0 in16 in × 20 in183818391Thunderer
HurricaneA022-2-2+610 ft 0 in16 in × 20 in183818391 Hurricane
Designs to the Brunel specification2-2-2various: Mather, Dixon, Charles Tayleur, Sharp, Roberts, Haigh Foundry1837184717Premier, Aeolus, Bacchus, Apollo, Vulcan, Neptune, Ariel, Lion, Atlas, Venus, Viper, Snake, Eagle, Ajax, Planet, Mercury, Mars
PriamA122-2-2Robert Stephenson & Co.7 ft 0 invarious1837187112 North Star, Morning Star, Evening Star, Dog Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Load Star, Rising Star, Bright Star, Shooting Star, Royal Star, Western Star
Priam2-2-27 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in1840187862 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
Sun2-2-26 ft 0 in14 in × 18 in18401849
all rebuilt as 2-2-2ST Wolf class		21Sun, Sunbeam, Eclipse, Meridian, Comet, Meteor, Aurora, Hesperus, Gazelle, Wolf, Djerid, Javelin, Antelope, Zebra, Lance, Yataghan, Giraffe, Assagais, Rocket, Stiletto, Creese
PriamA152-2-2GWR7 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in184618716Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch, Queen, Sylph
Great WesternA162-2-28 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in18461Great Western
AlmaA174-2-28 ft 0 in18 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
AlmaA184-2-2GWR8 ft 0 in18 in × 24 in1870189225 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,
3001A192-2-2GWR7 ft 8½ in20 in × 24 in1891189283021-3028
WolfA214-2-2ST7 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184918716North Star, Orion, Bright Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Rising Star, Shooting Star
WolfA232-2-2ST6 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184618701Venus
Wolf2-2-2STmost rebuilt from Sun class6 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in1849187627Antelope, 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
WolfA252-2-2Trebuilt from #A117 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184618723Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan
Leo2-4-05 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in1841rebuilt as Leo 2-4-0T18Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Abbot,
before 1865 Waverley		A324-4-07 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in1855187610Lalla Rookh, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, Rob Roy, Waverley, Coeur de Lion, Pirate, Abbot, Red Gauntlet
VictoriaA332-4-06 ft 6 in16 in × 24 in1856188018Napoleon, Victoria, Leopold, Oscar, Abdul Medjid, Victor Emanuel, Alexander, Otho, Brunel, Locke, Stephenson, Trevithick, Smeaton, Fulton, Watt, Telford, Rennie, Brindley
MetropolitanA342-4-0rebuilt from Metropolitan 2-4-0T6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in186518737Hornet, Mogul, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel
Hawthorn2-4-0Stothert, Slaughter & Co,
GWR		6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18651877, 189226Hawthorn, Hackworth, John Gray, Murdock, Melling, Gooch, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Fenton, Dewrance, Foster, Blenkensop, Avonside on delivery, Beyer, Hawk, Ostrich, Penn, Peacock, Stewart, Phlegethon, Pollux, Sharp, Wood, Acheron, Cerebus
CompoundA362-4-07 ft ½ in14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound1886189218
Dean express 2-4-0A372-4-07 ft ½ in20 in × 24 in18881892214, 16
35012-4-0rebuilt from the 2-4-0T 35015 ft 1 in17 in × 26 in1890189253501, 3502, 3505, 3507, 3508
Leo2-4-0STrebuilt from Leo 2-4-05 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in187418Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
BogieA424-4-0STR. & W. Hawthorn & Co., two GWR5 ft 9 in17 in × 24 in1849188013 Corsair, Brigand, Sappho, Homer, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Juvenal, Seneca, Lucretius, Theocritus, Statius, Euripides, Hesiod, Lucan
Metropolitan2-4-0T6 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in18621877, 7 rebuilt to 2-4-022Hornet, Shah, Bee, Gnat, Bey, Wasp, Mosquito, Locust, Czar, Mogul, Kaiser, Khan, Rose, Thistle, Fleur de Lis, Shamrock, Camelia, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel
Hawthorn2-4-0Trebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns5 ft17 in × 24 in1877189210 Melling, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Beyer, Ostrich, Penn, Stewart, Pollux, Cerebus
35012-4-0TGWR5 ft 1 in17 in × 26 in18851890, 1892103501-3510
3521A460-4-2STGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18881891193541 - 3559
3521A470-4-4Trebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18891892183541 - 3560
FuryA510-6-0Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co5 ft 0 in15 in × 18 in184218714Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos
A520-6-0Stothert, Slaughter & Co5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18461Avalanche, rebuilt as 0-6-0ST Banking class
FuryA530-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in or 4 ft 6 in16 in × 24 in1846187212Premier, Ajax, Argo, Bellerophon, Vesuvius, Dreadnought, Telica, Fury, Bergion, Briareus, Brontes, Jason
Caesar A540-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in184718736Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator
FuryA550-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in16 in × 24 in184918691Bacchus
CaesarA560-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in
185118808Dido, Volcano, Thunderer, Caesar, Florence, Nora Creina, Hero, Druid
Caesar A570-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18521892102 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
SwindonA580-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in1865189214Swindon, London, Bristol, Bath, Windsor, Oxford, Reading, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Newport, Shrewsbury
388A590-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18651892201196-1215
BankingA610-6-0GWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in185218895Avalanche, Juno, Iago, Plato, Bithon
Sir WatkinA620-6-0TGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18666Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler
Sir WatkinA630-6-0STGWR5 ft 0 in17 in × 24 in18926Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler
1076A640-6-0STGWR4 ft 6 in17 in × 24 in18761892501228-1257, 1561-1580