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GWR 1813 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1882· class of 40 British 0-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Great Western Railway's 1813 Class was a series of 40 0-6-0T built at Swindon Works in two lots of 20 engines each. No. 1813 was sold to the Pembroke & Tenby Railway in May 1883 becoming No.7 Holmwood, retaining this name after being absorbed by the GWR. Nearly all of these engines spent their lives on the GWR's Southern Division.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
- Served for 67 years (1882–1949).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882–1884
- in service from
- 1882
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- William Dean
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514908, Wikipedia: GWR 1813 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.