#0101
GWR Victoria Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1856· class of 18 British broad-gauge 2-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GWR Victoria Class “Victor Emanuel”: The Broad Gauge Society· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Great Western Railway Victoria Class were 2-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service in two batches between August 1856 and May 1864. They were all withdrawn between 1876 and December 1880.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 170 years ago, in 1856.
- Served for 25 years (1856–1881).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1856
- in service from
- 1856
- retired
- 1881
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- 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
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5515057, Wikipedia: GWR Victoria Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.