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GWR 119 Class (tank engine)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Wolverhampton railway works· from 1878· class of 11 British 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
The 119 Class of the Great Western Railway consisted of a series of 11 0-6-0ST locomotives. They were numbered 119-21 and 123-30 and had originally been built in 1861 at Swindon Works as tender engines to a design of Daniel Gooch, part of the 79 Class. Their rebuilding as tank engines was the result of being renewed at Wolverhampton railway works under the tenure of George Armstrong between 1878 and 1883.
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 148 years ago, in 1878.
- Served for 55 years (1878–1933).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1878–1883
- in service from
- 1878
- retired
- 1933
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514900, Wikipedia: GWR 119 Class (tank engine) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.