GWR absorbed locos 1922 on

GWR absorbed locos 1922 on gives details of Great Western Railway absorbed locomotives which do not yet have individual pages.

The grouping

Under the terms of the Railways Act 1921, the Great Western Railway (GWR) amalgamated with six companies – the "constituent companies" - and absorbed a large number of others – the "subsidiary companies".[1] All of the constituent companies and ten of the subsidiary companies owned locomotives,[1] ranging from the Taff Vale Railway which had 275 locomotives (one of which was not taken into GWR stock), to the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway and the Gwendraeth Valleys Railway, with just two each.[2] The constituent companies were amalgamated on 1 January 1922, some of the subsidiary companies being absorbed on the same date, the rest following at intervals until July 1923.[3] Two more undertakings, not mentioned in the Act, which were responsible for shunting at Swansea Docks, sold their locomotives to the GWR soon afterwards.[1]

CompanyStatusDateLocomotivesNotes
Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and RailwayConstituent1 January 192239[3][4]
Barry RailwayConstituent1 January 1922148[3][5]
Cambrian RailwaysConstituent1 January 192299[3][6]
Cardiff RailwayConstituent1 January 192236[3][7]
Rhymney RailwayConstituent1 January 1922123[3][8]
Taff Vale RailwayConstituent1 January 1922274[3][9]
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction RailwaySubsidiary1 July 192247[10]
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley RailwaySubsidiary1 July 192215[11]
Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light RailwaySubsidiary1 January 19222[12]
Gwendraeth Valleys RailwaySubsidiary1 January 19232[13]
Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr RailwaySubsidiary1 January 19238[14]
Midland and South Western Junction RailwaySubsidiary1 July 192329[15]
Neath and Brecon RailwaySubsidiary1 July 192215[16]
Port Talbot Railway and Docks CompanySubsidiary1 January 192222[17]
Rhondda and Swansea Bay RailwaySubsidiary1 January 192237[18]
South Wales Mineral RailwaySubsidiary1 January 19235[19]
Powlesland and Mason1 January 19249[20]
Swansea Harbour Trust1 July 192314[21]

Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway

Thirty-nine locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922.

TypeQuantityNos.BuilderYearGWR Nos.Notes
0-4-0ST1TrojanAvonside18971340Acquired 1903
0-4-0ST1AlexandraAvonside18981341Acquired 1903
0-4-2T114GWR Wolverhampton18771426GWR 517 Class
0-6-0ST51 to 5Robert Stephenson and Company1898–1900674–678

Cambrian Railways

Ninety-nine locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922, including five narrow gauge: three on the Vale of Rheidol Railway, and two on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

TypeQuantityNos.BuilderYearGWR Nos.Notes
0-6-0T2WLLR 1 The Earl and 2 CountessBeyer, Peacock & Co.822 and 823

Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway

Two locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922

TypeQuantityNos.BuilderYearGWR Nos.Notes
0-6-0ST2Cleobury and BurwartonManning Wardle190828 and 29Both rebuilt as 0-6-0PT

Gwendraeth Valleys Railway

Two 0-6-0ST locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923. One was given the GWR number 26, but the second (Margret) was sold in 1923 without being allocated a GWR number.

Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway

Eight locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway

Thirty-seven locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922

South Wales Mineral Railway

Five locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923

See also

Notes
  1. Allcock et al. 1951, p. 15.
  2. Allcock et al. 1951, sheet opposite p. 17.
  3. Bryan 2010, p. 87.
  4. Davies et al. 1966, p. K8.
  5. Davies et al. 1966, p. K23.
  6. Davies et al. 1966, p. K53.
  7. Davies et al. 1966, p. K87.
  8. Davies et al. 1966, p. K98.
  9. Davies et al. 1966, p. K134.
  10. Davies et al. 1966, p. K196.
  11. Davies et al. 1966, p. K212.
  12. Davies et al. 1966, p. K218.
  13. Davies et al. 1966, p. K220.
  14. Davies et al. 1966, p. K221.
  15. Davies et al. 1966, p. K226.
  16. Davies et al. 1966, p. K235.
  17. Davies et al. 1966, p. K242.
  18. Davies et al. 1966, p. K248.
  19. Davies et al. 1966, p. K254.
  20. Davies et al. 1966, p. K260.
  21. Davies et al. 1966, p. K256.

References
  • Allcock, N.J.; Davies, F.K.; le Fleming, H.M.; Maskelyne, J.N.; Reed, P.J.T.; Tabor, F.J. (June 1951). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part one: Preliminary Survey. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-17-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Bryan, Tim (May 2010). The Great Western Railway - A Celebration. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3498-3. 1005/B2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Davies, F. K.; Firth, J. M.; Lucking, J. H.; Thomas, R. E.; Allcock, N. J.; Sterndale, A. C.; Barrie, D. S. M.; Reed, P. J. T.; Mountford, E. R. (April 1966). White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part ten: Absorbed Engines, 1922–1947. RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-20-7.
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