#0186
GWR 108 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Wolverhampton railway works· from 1866· class of 2 British 2-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
Locomotives no. 108 and 109 were a pair of Great Western Railway 2-4-0 steam locomotives built under the aegis of George Armstrong at Wolverhampton Works, probably in 1866–7, as replacements for locomotives of the same numbers inherited from the absorbed Birkenhead 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 160 years ago, in 1866.
- Served for 21 years (1866–1887).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1866–1867
- in service from
- 1866
- retired
- 1887
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514898, Wikipedia: GWR 108 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.