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GWR Waverley Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1855· class of 10 British broad-gauge 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. The Waverley, or Abbot class locomotive “Rob Roy”: The Broad Gauge Society· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Great Western Railway Waverley Class were 4-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. The class was introduced into service between February and June 1855, and withdrawn between February 1872 and November 1876. From about 1865, the Waverley Class was known as the Abbot Class.
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 171 years ago, in 1855.
- Served for 21 years (1855–1876).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1855
- in service from
- 1855
- retired
- 1876
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- 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 Q5515058, Wikipedia: GWR Waverley Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.