| Power type | Steam |
|---|---|
| Designer | William Dean |
| Builder | Great Western Railway |
| Configuration | 2-4-0T |
| Gauge | 7 ft 0¼ in |
| Leading wheel size | 3 ft 6 in |
| Driver size | 5 ft 1 in |
| Wheelbase | 17 ft 0 in |
| Cylinder size | 17 in dia × 26 in stroke |
| Career | Great Western Railway |
| Class | 3501 Class |
The GWR 3501 Class were ten broad gauge 2-4-0 locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. See Dixie Dean for the footballer in the United Kingdom whose real name was William Dean The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West The Whyte notation for classifying Steam locomotives by Wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte Other classification schemes like Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. The leading wheel or leading axle of a Steam locomotive is an unpowered Wheel or Axle located in front of the driving wheels On a Steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered Wheel which is driven by the Locomotive 's Pistons (or Turbine, in the The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West Class (locomotive refers to a group of locomotives built to a common design for a single railroad Broad gauge Railways use a Rail gauge (distance between the rails greater than the Standard gauge of. In Whyte notation, a 2-4-0 is a Railroad Steam locomotive that has two Leading wheels followed by two coupled Driving wheels with The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West
They were built in 1885 as 2-4-0T tank locomotives, but five were rebuilt in 1890 as 2-4-0 tender locomotives for working express trains between Exeter and Plymouth. Exeter St Davids station is the most important of seven National Rail stations in the city of Exeter in southwest England. Plymouth Millbay railway station was the original railway terminus in Plymouth, Devon, England. In 1892 the broad gauge was abandoned and the locomotives were all converted to standard gauge tender locomotives, becoming a part of the GWR 3201 class. The standard gauge (also named the Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson, or Normal gauge) is a widely-used Rail gauge.
2-4-0T locomotives
- 3501 (1885 - 1890)
- 3502 (1885 - 1890)
- 3503 (1885 - 1892)
- 3504 (1885 - 1892)
- 3505 (1885 - 1890)
- 3506 (1885 - 1892)
- 3507 (1885 - 1891)
- 3508 (1885 - 1890)
- 3509 (1885 - 1892)
- 3510 (1885 - 1892)
2-4-0 locomotives
- 3501 (1890 - 1892)
- 3502 (1890 - 1892)
- 3505 (1890 - 1892)
- 3507 (1891 - 1892)
- 3508 (1890 - 1892)
References
- The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
- Russell, J. H. (1975). A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines, Volume 1. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-398-9.
- Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
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