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GWR 1901 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Wolverhampton railway works· from 1881· class of 120 British 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
The GWR 1901 Class was a class of 120 small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. Numbered 1901–2020, they were designed by George Armstrong (responsible to William Dean at Swindon) and built at the Wolverhampton railway works, England, of the Great Western Railway between 1881 and 1895. They had wheels of 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m) diameter and a coupled wheelbase of 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m).
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 145 years ago, in 1881.
- Served for 70 years (1881–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1881–1895
- in service from
- 1881
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 120
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0ST
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514912, Wikipedia: GWR 1901 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.