#2106
GWR 1101 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1926· class of 6 two-cylinder 0-4-0T dock shunting locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Gwr 1101 as built: Jazzthee4· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The GWR 1101 Class was a class of 0-4-0T side tank steam locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company to the order of the Great Western Railway in 1926 as dock shunters.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1926–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- designer
- Charles Collett
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0T
- length
- 7.6 m
- weight
- 38.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514899, Wikipedia: GWR 1101 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-11-14.