#0012
GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1837· two classes of 3+3 British broad-gauge 2-2-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. An early Great Western broad gauge engine Vulcan: Great Western Railway· Public domain
what is it?
The first 19 locomotives ordered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway included six 2-2-2 Charles Tayleur locomotives. They were built by Charles Tayleur and Company, which became later the Vulcan Foundry. The locomotives were unsuccessful and rapidly supplemented by the Star Class locomotives ordered by Daniel Gooch once he had been appointed as the Locomotive Engineer.
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 189 years ago, in 1837.
- Served for 33 years (1837–1870).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1837
- in service from
- 1837
- retired
- 1870
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- designer
- Charles Tayleur
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5515031, Wikipedia: GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.