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GWR 6100 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1931· class of 70 two-cylinder 2-6-2T locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. GWR 2-6-2T 6147 at Swindon Works (level adjusted): RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
2. '6100' 6145 Oxford (48158370477): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
3. GWR Collett 6126 (8148118378): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. Hugh llewelyn 6133 (7873303218): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
5. 6141 Open Day at Bristol (Bath Road) depot(8227735282): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. 6145 on engineers train Didcot 1964 (19805737249): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
7. 6106 at Didcot Railway Centre: Maxopolitan· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. 6106 Didcot Railway Centre - 29585797433: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
9. 6106 Didcot Railway Centre - 30180578676: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
10. 6106 Didcot Railway Centre - 32086400258: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The GWR 6100 Class is a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotives.

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.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

built: 1931–1935
in service from: 1931
retired: 1965
status: preserved
number built: 70
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: 2-6-2T
length: 12.5 m
weight: 79.2 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q5514996, Wikipedia: GWR 6100 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.