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GWR 4600 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1913· class of 1 two-cylinder 4-4-2T locomotive
what is it?
The 4600 Class was a 4-4-2T steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway in 1913. It was one of the GWR standard classes with two outside cylinders. It was designed as light suburban locomotive, based on the successful 4500 class 2-6-2T engines.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- 11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 12 years (1913–1925).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1925
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- George Jackson Churchward
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- length
- 11 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104882512, Wikipedia: GWR 4600 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.