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GWR 3571 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Wolverhampton railway works· from 1895· class of 10 British 0-4-2T locomotives
what is it?
The 3571 Class was a class of ten 0-4-2T tank engines designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway in 1895-7. The 3571s, numbered 3571–3580 and built as Lot No. C3, were in essence a continuation, and conclusion, of the series of 517 Class built during Armstrong's long period of virtual autonomy at Wolverhampton.
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.
- Served for 54 years (1895–1949).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895–1897
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514943, Wikipedia: GWR 3571 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-11-14.