#0044
GWR Banking Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1846· class of 4 British broad-gauge 0-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Banking Class were five 0-6-0ST Brunel gauge steam locomotives for assisting ("banking") trains up inclines on the Great Western Railway. Designed by Daniel Gooch, they were tank engine versions of his Standard Goods class, and mainly built at Swindon Works. The last example was withdrawn in 1889.
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 180 years ago, in 1846.
- Served for 31 years (1852–1883).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1846–1854
- in service from
- 1852
- retired
- 1883
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Avonside Engine Company, Swindon Works
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- Great Western Railway, South Devon Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5515024, Wikipedia: GWR Banking Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.