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GWR 3800 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1904· class of 40 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Great Western Railway 3800 Class, also known as the County Class, were a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger train work introduced in 1904 in a batch of ten. Two more batches followed in 1906 and 1912 with minor differences. They were designed by George Jackson Churchward, who used standard components to produce a four-coupled version of his Saint Class 4-6-0s.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Served for 29 years (1904–1933).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904–1911
- in service from
- 1904
- retired
- 1933
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- George Jackson Churchward
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- nicknames
- Churchward's Rough Riders
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514948, Wikipedia: GWR 3800 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.