GWR 1101 Class explained

Powertype:Steam
GWR 1101 Class
Designer:Charles Collett
Builder:Avonside Engine Company
Serialnumber:1987–1992
Ordernumber:GWR lot 246
Builddate:1926
Totalproduction:6
Whytetype:0-4-0T
Uicclass:B n2t
Driverdiameter:3feet
Wheelbase:6feet
Length:25feet over buffers
Width:8feet
Height:11feet
Axleload:
(19LT) full
Locoweight:
(38LT) full
Watercap:1000impgal
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:16x
Firearea:12.5square feet
Fireboxarea:76square feet
Tubearea:788square feet
Totalsurface:864square feet
Boilerpressure:1702NaN2
Tractiveeffort:19510lbf
Operator:GWR » BR
Fleetnumbers:1101–1106
Powerclass:GWR: B
Axleloadclass:GWR: Red
Withdrawndate:1959–1960
Disposition:All scrapped

The GWR 1101 Class was a class of 0-4-0T side tank steam locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company to the order of the Great Western Railway in 1926 as Dock shunters.

British Railways

They passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and were numbered 1101–1106.

Withdrawal

All were withdrawn and scrapped between 1959 and 1960.

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