GWR 1901 Class - Citizendia

The GWR 1901 Class was a class of 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. 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 designed by William Dean and George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works, England, of the Great Western Railway between 1881 and 1895. See Dixie Dean for the footballer in the United Kingdom whose real name was William Dean George Armstrong was in charge of Standard gauge Steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway at Stafford Road Works, Wolverhampton The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West

They were later rebuilt as pannier tanks and, in this form, 44 of them survived into British Railways ownership. 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. See also Rail transport in Great Britain, National Rail, Network Rail This article is about the defunct entity "British Railways" Their BR numbers were 992 and 1903-2019 (with gaps).

Sources

Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 1, pp 13,16,51