GWR No. 1334
GWR No. 1334, 1335, 1336
| Type and origin |
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| Power type |
Steam |
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| Designer |
Dübs and Company |
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| Builder |
Dübs and Company |
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| Build date |
1894 |
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| Total produced |
3 |
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| Specifications |
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| Configuration |
2-4-0 |
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| Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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| Driver diameter |
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
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| Loco weight |
35.25 long tons (35.82 t) |
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| Tender weight |
30.1 long tons (30.6 t) |
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| Fuel type |
coal |
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| Boiler pressure |
165 psi (1,140 kPa) |
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| Cylinders |
two inside |
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| Cylinder size |
17 in × 24 in (430 mm × 610 mm) |
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GWR No. 1334, and sister locomotives 1335 and 1336, were 2-4-0 steam locomotives which the Great Western Railway inherited from the Midland and South Western Junction Railway.[1]
History
The locomotives had been numbered 10, 11 and 12 by the M&SWJR.[2]
They were re-boilered by the GWR and they were the only M&SWJR locomotives to survive into British Railways ownership in 1948.
Withdrawal
The locomotives were withdrawn as follows.[3] None is preserved.
| Number |
Shed code |
Date withdrawn |
| 1334 |
81E Didcot |
30 September 1952 |
| 1335 |
81D Reading |
30 September 1952 |
| 1336 |
81D Reading |
31 March 1954 |
Modelling
A 4 mm scale kit is available from Nu-Cast
References
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