GWR 4500 Class
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4500 Class or Small Prairie is a class of steam locomotive. They are 2-6-2T type. A total of 75 were built; 55 were built in 4 batches between 1906 and 1915. A 5th batch of 20 locos was built in 1924, during Collett's tenure at Swindon. The first 2 batches were originally numbered 2161-2190 but were renumbered 4500-4529 during 1912. The first batch (2161-2180) is significant in that it was the last batch of locos to be built at Stafford Road Works, Wolverhampton. Of this batch 2168 (as 4507) was the last Wolverhampton-built loco to remain in service with BR, not being withdrawn until 1963.
Three of these tank engines survived, 4555, 4561, and 4566
The 4575 Class was a later development with larger side tanks.
[edit] Preservation
Three of the class survive to this day and two of them come from Barry Scrapyard 4561 which left the scrapyard on Sept 1975 and 4566 which left on Aug 1970.
- 4555 is currently running on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway
- 4561 is awaiting overhaul on the West Somerset Railway
- 4566 is undergoing a overhaul on the Severn Valley Railway
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Broad gauge locomotives | |
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Gooch: | Ariadne - Banking - Bogie - Caesar - Firefly - Hercules - Iron Duke - Leo - Metropolitan - Premier - Prince - Pyracmon - Star - Sun - Victoria - Waverley |
J. Armstrong: | Hawthorn - Rover - Sir Watkin - Standard Goods - Swindon - 1076 Class |
Dean: | 3001 Class - 3501 Class - 3541 Class - Experimental locomotives |
Standard gauge locomotives | |
Dean: | Dean Goods - Aberdare - Dean Single - Duke - Bulldog - 3600 - Badminton |
Churchward: | The Great Bear - 1361 - County Tank - 2800 - Saint - 3100 - City - County - Star - 4200 - 4300 - 4400 - 4500 - 4700 |
Collett: | 1366 - 1400 - 2251 - 2884 - ex-ROD 2-8-0 - Earl - Castle - 4575 - Hall - 5101 - 5205 - 5400 - 5600 - 5700 - 5800 - King - 6100 - 6400 - Grange - 7200 - 7400 - Manor |
Hawksworth: | County - 1500 - 1600 - Modified Hall - 9400 |
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