GWR Swindon Class

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:No footnotes Template:Infobox Locomotive The Great Western Railway Swindon Class were broad gauge 0-6-0 locomotives built for goods train work. This class entered service between November 1865 and March 1866, and were withdrawn between June 1887 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892. The entire class was sold to the Bristol and Exeter Railway between July 1872 and September 1874 and were numbered 96-109, but returned to the GWR when that railway and the B&ER amalgamated on 1 January 1876.Template:Sfn The locomotives were then renumbered 2077-2090; their names were not restored.

Locomotives

List of locomotivesTemplate:Sfn

GWR Name	Built	Sold to B&ER	B&ER number	1876 GWR number	Ceased work	Origin of name
Bath	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	105	2086	Template:Dts	Bath is a Georgian city Template:Convert east of Bristol which was reached by the Great Western Railway on 31 August 1840.
Birmingham	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	103	2084	Template:Dts	Birmingham, city in the Midlands, which was served by broad gauge trains from 1 October 1851.
Bristol	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	101	2082	Template:Dts	Bristol, the western terminus of the railway.
Chester	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	98	2079	Template:Dts	Chester never saw broad gauge trains but was served by the Great Western Railway from 1 September 1854 when it absorbed the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.
Gloucester	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	102	2083	Template:Dts	Gloucester was reached over the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway from Swindon on 12 March 1845.
Hereford	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	97	2078	Template:Dts	Hereford is an English city near the Welsh border, reached on 2 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway.
London	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	100	2081	Template:Dts	London, the city from where the railway started.
Newport	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	106	2087	Template:Dts	Newport is on the South Wales Railway which opened on 18 June 1850.
Oxford	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	108	2089	Template:Dts	Oxford, home to many universities, was served by a branch line from Didcot Junction from 12 June 1844.
Reading	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	107	2088	Template:Dts	Reading, a large town Template:Convert from London.
Shrewsbury	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	96	2077	Template:Dts	Shrewsbury never saw broad gauge trains but was served by the Great Western Railway from 1 September 1854 when it absorbed the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
Swindon	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	109	2090	Template:Dts	Swindon, the town two-thirds of the way along the Great Western Railway, where the company built its workshops.
Windsor	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	99	2080	Template:Dts	Windsor is the seat of the Royal Family near London and was served by a branch line from Slough that opened on 8 October 1849.
Wolverhampton	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	104	2085	Template:Dts	Wolverhampton is in the Midlands and home to the Great Western's Northern Division workshops. It was served by broad gauge trains from 14 November 1854.

References

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