GWR Bogie Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) Bogie Class 4-4-0ST were broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. The first two locomotives of this class were introduced into service in August/September 1849, with the remainder following between June 1854 and March 1855. All but one were withdrawn between October 1871 and 1873, with the final locomotive being withdrawn in December 1880.

Corsair and Brigand
GWR Bogie Class
Horace c.1854
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerDaniel Gooch
BuilderGreat Western Railway (2)
R and W Hawthorn (13)
Build date1849 (GWR-built)
1854-1855 (R and W Hawthorn built)
Total produced15
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-4-0ST
Gauge7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)
Leading dia.3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Driver dia.6 ft 0 in (1,829 mm) (GWR built)
5 ft 9 in (1,753 mm) (R and W Hawthorn built)
Wheelbase18 ft 2 in (5.54 m) (GWR built)
18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) (R and W Hawthorn built)
Cylinder size17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Career
OperatorsGreat Western Railway
ClassBogie
Number in class15
Withdrawn1871-1873, 1880
DispositionAll scrapped

The first two locomotives were built at Swindon Works in 1849 for working trains on the steep and tightly-curved South Devon Railway which at that time was operated by locomotives from the Great Western Railway. The frames only ran from the front of the flangeless forward driving wheels to the rear buffer beam. The bogie swivelled in a ball-and-socket joint, riveted to a gusset under the boiler barrel.[1] Early examples were fitted with sledge brakes, mounted between the driving wheels, but these were later replaced with a conventional brake acting on just one coupled wheel.[2] The operation of South Devon Railway had been contracted by that company to Messrs Evans and Geach from 1851 – using new 4-4-0STs designed by Daniel Gooch – and so the Bogie Class found use on other parts of the Great Western network. In 1855 additional locomotives were built for the GWR by R and W Hawthorn.

Naming
Build dateRetire dateNameBuilderOther notes
18491873BrigandGWRAfter it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to Edwards & Suter but found its way back to Swindon Works in 1878 where it was broken up.
18491873CorsairGWROn withdrawal it was sold to the Cilely Colliery at Tonyrefail.
18551871EuripidesHawthorn
18551872HesiodHawthorn
18541873HomerHawthorn
18541880HoraceHawthorn
18541873JuvenalHawthornThe locomotive was sold to Dobson, Brown & Adams in 1874.
18551872LucanHawthorn
18541872LucretiusHawthorn
18541873OvidHawthorn
18541873SapphoHawthornThe locomotive was sold to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company.
18541872SenecaHawthorn
18551871StatiusHawthorn
18541873TheocritusHawthornThe locomotive was sold to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company in 1874.
18541873VirgilHawthorn

References
  1. Brewer, John. "Broad Gauge 4-4-0 Tanks". Broadsheet. Broad Gauge Society (17): 3.
  2. Tuplin, William (1971). Great Western Saints and Sinners. London: Allan & Unwin. p. 37. ISBN 0-04-385057-X.
  • Reed, P. J. T. (February 1953). White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. B21–B23. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
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