#0174
GWR Hawthorn Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1865· class of 26 British broad-gauge 2-4-0 locomotives
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- 1. Plymouth - Hawthorn Class broad gauge locomotive Wood: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Great Western Railway Hawthorn Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in 1865, a development of the Victoria Class. Twenty locomotives were ordered from Slaughter, Grüning and Company and given the names of famous engineers.
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 161 years ago, in 1865.
- Served for 27 years (1865–1892).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1865
- in service from
- 1865
- retired
- 1892
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company, Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- Joseph Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5515034, Wikipedia: GWR Hawthorn Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.