GWR Bogie Class

The Great Western Railway Bogie Class 4-4-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. The first two locomotives of this class were introduced into service in August/September 1849, with the remainder following between June 1854 and March 1855. All were withdrawn between October 1871 and December 1880.

Corsair and Brigand

The first two locomotives were built at Swindon railway works in 1849 for working trains on the steep and tightly-curve South Devon Railway which at that time was operated by locomotives from the Great Western Railway. The frames only ran from the front of the flangeless forward driving wheels to the rear buffer beam. The bogie swivelled in a ball-and-cocket joint, riveted to a gussett under the boiler barrel. [cite journal | last = Brewer | first = John | title = Broad Gauge 4-4-0 Tanks | journal = Broadsheet | issue = 17 | pages = 3 | publisher = Broad Gauge Society] The operation of South Devon Railway had been contracted by that company to Messrs Evans and Geach from 1851 – using new 4-4-0STs designed by Daniel Gooch - and so the Bogie Class found use on other parts of the Great Western network.
* "Brigand" (1849 - 1873):After it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to Edwards and Suter but found its way back to Swindon Works in 1878 where it was browken up.:The name "Brigand" means a kind of outlaw.
* "Corsair" (1849 - 1873):"Corsair" was the first of the pair to be delivered and probably had an 18 feet 2 inch wheelbase and a sledge brake that acted on the rails. On withdrawal it was sold to the Cilely Colliery.:The name "Corsair" means a kind of pirate.

Hawthorn-built locomotives

The remaining locomotives, starting with "Sappho", were built in 1854 and 1855 by R and W Hawthorn with slightly smaller driving wheels.
* "Euripides" (1855 - 1871):Euripides was a Greek writer.
* "Hesiod" (1855 - 1872):Hesiod was a Greek poet.
* "Homer" (1854 - 1873):Homer was a Greek poet.
* "Horace" (1854 - 1880):Horace is the familiar English name of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a Roman poet.
* "Juvenal" (1854 - 1873):Juvenal was a Roman poet. The locomotive was sold to Dobson, Brown and Adams in 1874.
* "Lucan" (1855 - 1872):Lucan is the familiar English name of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, a Roman poet
* "Lucretius" (1854 - 1872):Lucretius was a Roman poet.
* "Ovid" (1854 - 1873):Ovid was a Roman poet.
* "Sappho" (1854 - 1873):Sappho was a Greek poet. After withdrawal, "Sappho" was sold to the Staveley Iron and Coal Company.
* "Seneca" (1854 - 1872):Seneca was the name of two famous Romans, see Seneca the Younger and Seneca the Elder.
* "Statius" (1855 - 1871):Statius was a Roman poet.
* "Theocritus" (1854 - 1873):Theocritus was a Greek poet. "Theocritus" was sold to the Staveley Iron and Coal Company in 1874.
* "Virgil" (1854 - 1873):Virgil was a Roman poet.

References

Further reading

*cite book | title = The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge | publisher = The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society | id = ISBN 0-901115-32-0