Taff Vale Railway A class
- Taff Vale Railway A class
Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = Taff Vale Railway A class
caption =
designer = J. Cameron
builder = Various
builddate = 1914, rebuilt 1924
totalproduction = 58
whytetype = 0-6-2T
gauge = 4' 8½"
leadingsize =
driversize = 5' 3"
length =
weight = 65 tons 14 cwt
fueltype = coal
fuelc
waterc
cylindercount = two inside
cylindersize = as built, 18" x 26"
rebuilt, 17½" x 26"
firearea =
boilerpressure = as built, 175 psi
rebuilt, 200 psi
tractiveeffort = as built, 21,000 lbf,
rebuilt, 21,480 lbf
railroadclass= 4P|
The Taff Vale Railway A class was a class of 0-6-2 steam tank locomotives designed by J. Cameron and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1914. The A class was an enlarged version of the Taff Vale Railway O4 class designed by Tom Hurry Riches in 1907.
The A class locomotives were rebuilt with taper boilers and superheaters by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1924. All 58 passed to British Railways (BR) in 1948 but they were soon withdrawn and, by 1957, only no. 365 remained in service.
Builders and numbering
The locomotives were built in several batches by Hawthorn Leslie, Vulcan Foundry and North British Locomotive Company. Their GWR/BR numbers were in the range 303-440 but they were not consecutive and were intermingled with other classes.
ources
* Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1957/8 edition, part 1, page 22
ee also
* Welsh 0-6-2T locomotives
* Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
External links
* [http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=TV-A Rail UK database entry for Taff Vale Railway A class]
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