GWR 1101 Class

GWR 1101 Class

Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = GWR 1101 Class


caption =
designer = Charles Collett
builder = Avonside Engine Company
builddate = 1926
totalproduction = 6
whytetype = 0-4-0
gauge = 4' 8½"
leadingsize =
driversize = 3' 9"
length =
weight = 38 tons 4 cwt
fueltype = coal
fuelc

waterc

cylindercount = two outside
cylindersize = 16" x 24"
firearea =
boilerpressure = 170 psi
tractiveeffort = 19,510 lbf
railroadclass= | The GWR 1101 Class was a class of 0-4-0 side tank steam locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company to the order of the Great Western Railway in 1926 for dock shunting. They passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and were numbered 1101-1106. All were withdrawn in 1959-60 and none is preserved.

ources

* Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1957/8 edition, part 1, page 24

External links

* [http://www.gwr.org.uk/galberry2.html Model of 1101 Class dock tank]
* [http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=1101 Rail UK database entry]


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