#1465
GWR 1361 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1910· class of 5 two-cylinder 0-6-0T dock shunting locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GWR 1361 Class 1363: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 0-6-0 T saddle tank loco no1363: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 1361 class 1363 Didcot: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England· CC BY 2.0
- 4. GWR 0-6-0ST 1363 & 4-6-0s 5900 'Hinderton Hall' & 6998 'Burton Agnes Hall', GWS Didcot, August 1979 Slides128 (9940209893): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 5. GWR saddle tank engine No 1363 at Didcot: Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
- 6. GWR saddle tank No 1363 at Didcot: Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The 1361 Class were small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon Works, England, mainly for shunting in docks and other sidings where track curvature was too tight for large locomotives.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 52 years (1910–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910
- in service from
- 1910
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- G. J. Churchward
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 7.6 m
- weight
- 35.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514902, Wikipedia: GWR 1361 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.