GWR No. 1340 Trojan
GWR No. 1340 is an 0-4-0ST steam locomotive, built in 1897 (Works No. 1386) by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol, England.
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Her first owners were Messrs Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock. In 1903 she was purchased by the Alexandra Docks Railway. This was absorbed into the Great Western Railway in 1923.
In July 1932, the GWR sold her to the Netherseal colliery, Burton-on-Trent. She changed hands again in 1947, going to Alders (Tamworth) Ltd.
Preservation
Trojan is now preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre. It was restored to working order in 2002 and remained in service on demonstration trains at Didcot until 2011 when it was withdrawn for a ten-yearly overhaul. Trojan was moved offsite in 2016 for the overhaul to take place.
In fiction
In The Railway Series, Percy the Small Engine was originally a GWR 1361-look alike with an 0-4-0ST configuration, later he was illustrated more like a Trojan (with a coal bunker similar to the aforementioned engine) as originally intended by the Rev. W. Awdry, however he returned to his GWR 1361-like shape in the TV series spinoff, Thomas and Friends
Models
Agenoria Models produces a brass etch kit for both 4 mm and 7 mm scales. BRLoco Models producing a plastic kit for both 0 gauge scale and 3.5 inch scales.
