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Taff Vale Railway O4 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1907· class of 41 Welsh 0-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Taff Vale Railway O4 class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Tom Hurry Riches and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1907. They were rebuilt with taper boilers and superheaters by the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1924. The first loco withdrawn was 402 in April 1948 from Treherbert shed.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Served for 48 years (1907–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1910
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 41
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Manning, Wardle and Company, Vulcan Foundry
- designer
- Tom Hurry Riches
- operators
- Taff Vale Railway, Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7674949, Wikipedia: Taff Vale Railway O4 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.