#0060
GWR Bogie Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1849· class of 15 British broad-gauge 4-4-0ST locomotives
what is it?
The Great Western Railway (GWR) Bogie Class 4-4-0ST were broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. The first two locomotives of this class were introduced into service in August/September 1849, with the remainder following between June 1854 and March 1855. All but one were withdrawn between October 1871 and 1873, with the final locomotive being withdrawn in December 1880.
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 177 years ago, in 1849.
- Served for 31 years (1849–1880).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1849–1855
- in service from
- 1849
- retired
- 1880
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, R. & W. Hawthorn, Swindon Works
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5515025, Wikipedia: GWR Bogie Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.