GWR Swindon Class

The Great Western Railway Swindon Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between November 1865 and March 1866, and withdrawn between June 1887 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892. The entire class was sold to the Bristol and Exeter Railway between July 1872 and September 1874, where they were numbered 96-109, but returned to the GWR when that railway was absorbed, the locomotives then being renumbered 2077-2090 but did not have their names restored.

Locomotives

Great Western Railway

* "Bath" (1866 - 1874):Bath is a Georgian city 11½ miles east of Bristol which was reached by the Great Western Railway on 31 August 1840.
* "Birmingham" (1866 - 1873):This locomotive was named after the Midlands city, Birmingham, which was served by broad gauge trains from 1 October 1851..
* "Bristol" (1865 - 1873):This locomotive was named after the western terminus of the railway, Bristol.
* "Chester" (1866 - 1873):Chester never saw broad gauge trains but was served by the Great Western Railway from 1 September 1854 when it absorbed the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.
* "Gloucester" (1866 - 1873):Gloucester was reached over the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway from Swindon on 12 March 1845..
* "Hereford" (1866 - 1872):Hereford is an English city near the Welsh border, reached on 2 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway.
* "London" (1865 - 1873):This locomotive was named after the city from where the railway started, London.
* "Newport" (1866 - 1874):Newport is on the South Wales Railway whuch opened on 18 June 1850.
* "Oxford" (1866 - 1874):Oxford, home to many universities, was served by a branch line from Didcot Junction from 12 June 1844..
* "Reading" (1866 - 1874):This locomotive was named after Reading, a large town 35¾ miles from London.
* "Shrewsbury" (1866 - 1872):Shrewsbury never saw broad gauge trains but was served by the Great Western Railway from 1 September 1854 when it absorbed the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
* "Swindon" (1865 - 1874):This locomotive was named after the town mid-way along the Great Western Railway, Swindon, where the company built its workshops.
* "Windsor" (1866 - 1873):Windsor is the seat of the Royal Family near London and was served by a branch line from Slough that opened on 8 October 1849.
* "Wolverhampton" (1866 - 1874):Wolverhampton is in the Midlands and home to the Great Western's Northern Division workshops. It was served by broad gauge trains from 14 November 1854.

Bristol and Exeter Railway

* 96 (GWR 2077) (1872 - 1887):Formerly "Shrewsbury"
* 97 (GWR 2077) (1872 - 1888):Formerly "Hereford"
* 98 (GWR 2079) (1873 - 1887):Formerly Chester"
* 99 (GWR 2080) (1873 - 1889):Formerly "Windsor"
* 100 (GWR 2081) (1873 - 1888):Formerly "London"
* 101 (GWR 2082) (1873 - 1888):Formerly "Bristol"
* 102 (GWR 2083) (1873 - 1891):Formerly "Gloucester"
* 103 (GWR 2084) (1873 - 1889):Formerly "Birmingham"
* 104 (GWR 2085) (1874 - 1889):Formerly "Wolverhampton"
* 105 (GWR 2086) (1874 - 1888):Formerly "Bath"
* 106 (GWR 2087) (1874 - 1889):Formerly "Newport"
* 107 (GWR 2088) (1874 - 1892):Formerly "Reading"
* 108 (GWR 2089) (1874 - 1889):Formerly Oxford"
* 109 (GWR 2090) (1874 - 1888):Formerly "Swindon"