GWR Leo Class

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These locomotives were the first for the railway with coupled wheels as they were designed as goods locomotives, but they later found use on passenger trains too. All the class were altered to 2-4-0Template:Whyte suffixs.

The locomotives were built by three different workshops, each with its own naming convention. The first three came from R and W Hawthorn, who named them after strong animals. The next three were named after volcanoes by Fenton, Murray and Jackson, while the final twelve came from Rothwell and Company carrying the names of the twelve houses of the zodiac.

Locomotives

Name Manufacturer Serial
Nº 		Built Withdrawn Notes
Elephant R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. 319 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Buffalo R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. 320 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Dromedary R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. 321 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Hecla Fenton, Murray and Jackson 35 Template:Dts Template:Dts [Note 1]
Stromboli Fenton, Murray and Jackson 36 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Etna Fenton, Murray and Jackson 37 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Aries Rothwell and Company 66 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Taurus Rothwell and Company 67 Template:Dts Template:Dts [Note 2]
Gemini Rothwell and Company 68 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Cancer Rothwell and Company 69 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Leo Rothwell and Company 70 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Virgo Rothwell and Company 71 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Libra Rothwell and Company 72 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Scorpio Rothwell and Company 73 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Sagittarius Rothwell and Company 74 Template:Dts Template:Dts [Note 3]
Capricornus Rothwell and Company 75 Template:Dts Template:Dts [Note 4]
Aquarius Rothwell and Company 76 Template:Dts Template:Dts
Pisces Rothwell and Company 77 Template:Dts Template:Dts [Note 5]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Hecla: On 24 December 1841 it was involved in a fatal accident in Sonning Cutting near Reading. It was hauling a so-called "baggage train" consisting of both passenger and goods trucks, when it ran into an earth slip in the cutting, killing eight passengers. At the coroner's inquest on the passengers killed the jury returned a verdict of accidental death in all cases and a deodand of one thousand pounds on the engine, tender and carriages. The deodand was later overturned.
  2. ↑ Taurus: worked the first South Devon Railway train from Newton to Torquay on 18 December 1848.
  3. ↑ Sagittarius: worked the first train to Warminster on 9 September 1851.
  4. ↑ Capricorn: Along with Pisces, worked the first train from Totnes to Laira, the temporary terminus of the South Devon Railway at Plymouth on 5 May 1848.
  5. ↑ Pisces: Along with Capricornus, worked the first train from Totnes to Laira, the temporary terminus of the South Devon Railway at Plymouth on 5 May 1848.

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