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Taff Vale Railway U1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1895· Two classes of 8+7 Welsh 0-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Taff Vale Railway U and U1 classes were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotive operated by Taff Vale Railway, Wales, from 1895. All were still in use when the Taff Vale Railway was acquired by the Great Western Railway in 1922 but were withdrawn from traffic between 1927 and 1931.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 36 years (1895–1931).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895–1896
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- designer
- Tom Hurry Riches
- operators
- Taff Vale Railway, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- weight
- 64 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7674951, Wikipedia: Taff Vale Railway U1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.