#0032
GWR Leo Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell· from 1841· class of 18 British broad-gauge 2-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Great Western Railway Leo Class 2-4-0 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between January 1841 and July 1842, and withdrawn between September 1864 and June 1874. These locomotives were the first for the railway with coupled wheels as they were designed as goods locomotives, but they later found use on passenger trains too.
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 185 years ago, in 1841.
- Served for 33 years (1841–1874).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1841
- in service from
- 1841
- retired
- 1874
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell, R. & W. Hawthorn, Fenton, Murray and Jackson
- 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 Q5515036, Wikipedia: GWR Leo Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.