#0046
GWR Premier Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1846· class of 12 British broad gauge 0-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GWR ‘Premier’ Class locomotive “Premier": Geoff Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Great Western Railway Premier Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between February 1846 and May 1847, and withdrawn between March 1866 and June 1872. These were the first locomotives built at Swindon railway works, albeit with boilers supplied to the company.
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 26 years (1846–1872).
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
- 1846
- retired
- 1872
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- Great Western 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 Q17016534, Wikipedia: GWR Premier Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.