The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1366 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive built in 1934. The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West A tank locomotive is a Steam locomotive that carries its own fuel and water on it instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. A steam locomotive is a Locomotive powered by Steam. The term usually refers to its use on Railways but can also refer to a "road locomotive" They were one of only two pannier tank designs by the GWR to utilise outside cylinders, although various engines inherited by the GWR had Pannier Tanks and outside cylinders. They were developed from the 1361 Class but differed by including a pannier tank rather than a saddle tank, Belpaire firebox, Stephenson valve gear, etc. The 1361 Class were small 0-6-0ST Steam locomotives built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon railway works, England, mainly The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on Steam locomotives It was invented by Alfred Belpaire of Belgium. The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of Valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for all kinds of They were designed to replace the 1392 Class. History Authorisation The Cornwall Minerals Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 21 July 1873 and opened on 1 June 1874 One of the six built, No. 1369 survives on the South Devon Railway. The South Devon Railway Trust is a Charitable organization that operates a Heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon,
See also
- GWR 0-6-0PT – list of classes of GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank, including table of preserved locomotives
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