#0742
GWR 655 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1892· class of 52 British 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
Class 655 of the Great Western Railway was a class of 52 0-6-0ST locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the GWR's Wolverhampton Works.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 58 years (1892–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 52
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 41.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5515000, Wikipedia: GWR 655 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.