0-6-0PT
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An 0-6-0PT, also known as an 0-6-0 Pannier Tank, is a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway with the water tanks carried on both sides of the boiler, in the manner of panniers. They were used for shunting duties, for branch line passenger and goods traffic and as banker engines on inclines.
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[edit] Classification
The GWR locomotives were classified into several different classes:
- GWR 1366 Class
- GWR 1500 Class
- GWR 1600 Class
- GWR 5400 Class
- GWR 5700 Class
- GWR 6400 Class
- GWR 7400 Class
- GWR 9400 Class
The 5700 class was by far the most numerous, with several hundred being built.
[edit] Preservation
| Class | Number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1366 | 1369 | South Devon Railway Trust |
| 1500 | 1501 | Severn Valley Railway |
| 1600 | 1638 | Kent and East Sussex Railway |
| 6400 | 6412 | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
| 6400 | 6430 | Llangollen Railway |
| 6400 | 6435 | Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway |
| 5700 | 3650 | Didcot Railway Centre |
| 5700 | 3738 | Didcot Railway Centre |
| 5700 | 4612 | Bodmin and Wenford Railway |
| 5700 | 5764 | Severn Valley Railway |
| 5775 | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | |
| 5786 | South Devon Railway Trust | |
| 5700 | 7714 | Severn Valley Railway |
| 7715 | Buckinghamshire Railway Centre | |
| 7752 | Birmingham Railway Museum | |
| 7754 | Llangollen Railway | |
| 7760 | Birmingham Railway Museum | |
| 5700 | 9600 | Birmingham Railway Museum |
| 9642 | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | |
| 9681 | Dean Forest Railway | |
| 9682 | Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | |
| 9400 | 9400 | Swindon Steam Railway Museum |
| 9466 | Buckinghamshire Railway Centre |
[edit] Other examples of the type
- Apart from the GWR locomotives, the best-known pannier tank is probably the narrow gauge Baldwin Class 10-12-D pannier tank which was used on the War Department Light Railways in France during World War I.
- On the Lappa Valley Steam Railway Zebedee is a minimum gauge pannier tank.
[edit] In fiction
- In The Railway Series, No.8, Duck the Great Western Engine is an example of a 5700 Pannier Tank.
- 5775 is featurd in The Railway Children in 1970 in Brown Livery and with the initials of the Great Northern and Southern Railway.
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