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GWR 517 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Wolverhampton railway works· from 1868· class of 156 British 0-4-2T locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Trumpers Crossing Halte (postcard): Locomotive Publishing Co.· Public domain
- 2. GWR 1473 Fair Rosamund: unknown photographer or publisher of these British photographic post cards.· Public domain
- 3. Sutton Scotney station (45852072824): Trainiac from Australia· Public domain
what is it?
The 517 Class were small 0-4-2T tank engines designed by George Armstrong for local passenger work on the Great Western Railway. They were built at Wolverhampton Works and were outshopped between 1868 and 1885. A total of 156 locomotives were built in thirteen lots, to various designs, commencing with 517–528 and ending with 1477–1488 in 1884–1885.
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 158 years ago, in 1868.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 77 years (1868–1945).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1868–1885
- in service from
- 1868
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 156
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2T
- length
- 8.5 m
- weight
- 35.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514986, Wikipedia: GWR 517 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.