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South Devon Railway Gorgon class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1866· class of 6 British broad-gauge 4-4-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Gorgon class were six 4-4-0ST broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required. They were ordered by the South Devon Railway which was contracted to operate the locomotives for both the railways.
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 160 years ago, in 1866.
- Served for 26 years (1866–1892).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1866
- in service from
- 1866
- retired
- 1892
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7567049, Wikipedia: South Devon Railway Gorgon class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.