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GWR 3501 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1885· class of 10 British broad-gauge 2-4-0T/2-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The GWR 3501 Class were ten broad gauge 2-4-0 locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They were built in 1885 as 2-4-0T locomotives, but five were rebuilt in 1890 as 2-4-0 tender locomotives for working express trains between Exeter and Plymouth. They comprised the first ten locomotives of Lot 64, the remainder of which comprised ten similar locomotive Nos.
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- Served for 7 years (1885–1892).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1892
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- William Dean
- 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 Q5514938, Wikipedia: GWR 3501 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.