#0045
GWR Iron Duke class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1846· class of 1+29 British broad-gauge 4-2-2 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. IRON DUKE replica National Railway Museum: David Ingham from Bury, Lancashire, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Iron Duke (14420542493): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. TRAIN S BY THE SEA WALL S1 - GWR BROAD GAUGE TRAIN AT TEIGNMOUTH - GWR 'IRON DUKE' CLASS BROAD GAUGE LOCO HEADS ONTO THE SEA WALL AT TEIGNMOUTH, WITH AN EXPRESS BOUND FOR LONDON (C.1880) - PHOTO BASIS FOR ART BY STEVE WYSE: Rev. A.H. Malan· Public domain
what is it?
The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 8 years (1876–1884).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1846
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1884
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works, Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- 128 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
- weight
- 41.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1487675, Wikipedia: GWR Iron Duke class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.