#0239
GWR 1076 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1870· class of 266 British 0-6-0T/ST/PT locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hakin Docks Station: Hakin CP Junior Schoo· Public domain
what is it?
The 1076 Class were 266 double framed 0-6-0T locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one, number 1287, was withdrawn in 1946. They are often referred to as the Buffalo Class following the naming of locomotive 1134.
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 156 years ago, in 1870.
- Served for 76 years (1870–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1870–1881
- in service from
- 1870
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 266
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Joseph Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16986599, Wikipedia: GWR 1076 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.