#0035
GWR Hercules Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company· from 1842· class of 4 British broad-gauge 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The GWR Hercules Class were four broad gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway. They were its first 0-6-0 locomotives, being built in 1842 by Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company stemming from the company's need for goods locomotives. This resulted in the last four Firefly Class locomotives being modified while still in production.
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 184 years ago, in 1842.
- Served for 29 years (1842–1871).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1842
- in service from
- 1842
- retired
- 1871
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
- 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 Q5515035, Wikipedia: GWR Hercules Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.