GWR Waverley Class explained

Great Western Railway Waverley Class
Powertype:Steam
Whytetype:4-4-0
Driverdiameter:7feet
Leadingdiameter:4feet
Wheelbase:16feet
Cylindersize:17x, dia × stroke
Operator:Great Western Railway
Operatorclass:Waverley
Designer:Daniel Gooch
Builder:Robert Stephenson & Co.

The Great Western Railway Waverley Class were 4-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.

The class was introduced into service between February and June 1855, and withdrawn between February 1872 and November 1876. From about 1865, the Waverley Class was known as the Abbot Class.

The names are mostly inspired by the Waverley novels of Sir Walter Scott.

Locomotives

The Abbot is one of the Waverley novels.

The Antiquary is one of the Waverley novels.

Coeur de Lion is the nickname of King Richard I of England, who appears in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Talisman.

Ivanhoe is one of the Waverley novels.

Lalla-Rookh was a poem by Thomas Moore.

The Pirate is one of the Waverley novels.

Redgauntlet is one of the Waverley novels.

Rob Roy is the title of one of the Waverley novels and the nickname of Robert Roy MacGregor.

Robin Hood was an English folk hero.

Waverley is the first title in the Waverley series of novels.

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