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GWR 5101 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1929· class of 140 two-cylinder 2-6-2T locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GWR 5101 Class No. 4115: Clark Photo Archive· CC BY 2.0
- 2. GWR 5101 Class 4144 5199 Shackerstone Station: BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
- 3. GWR 5101 Class No 5199 Arriving At Berwyn Station: ARG_Flickr· CC BY 2.0
- 4. GWR 5101 Class No 5199 Leaving Berwyn Station: ARG_Flickr· CC BY 2.0
- 5. GWR 5101 Class No. 5199 At Llangollen: ARG_Flickr· CC BY 2.0
- 6. GWR 5101 Class No. 5199 Sunny Weather: ARG_Flickr· CC BY 2.0
- 7. 4155 Tysley MPD '64 (27224748153): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Bordesley Station 1856225 bb134ad0: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. GWR Collett 5191 (8155283102): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. GWR 2-6-2T 8103 at Carmarthen shed: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The GWR 5101 Class or 'Large Prairie' is a class of 2-6-2T type steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1929–1965).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929–1949
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1965
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 140
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Charles Collett
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 12.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4039205, Wikipedia: GWR 5101 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.