Class Firefly 2-2-2

Class Details
Gooch Firefly Class 2-2-2, 62 locomotives built.
Cyl:15 or 16 x 18: DW: 7 ft.

BR #GWR #Great Western Railway: Broad Gauge #NameBuiltWdrn1950 shedLast shedNotesPhotos
Acheron18421866
Achilles18411867
Actaeon18411868
Arab18411870
Argus18421873
Arrow18411864
Bellona18411870
Castor18411874
Centaur18411867
Cerebus18411866
Charon18401878
Cyclops18401865
Damon18421870
Dart18411870
Electra18421867
Erebus18421873
Falcon18401867
Fire Ball18401866Hauled the first Temple Meads to Bath (31 August 1840) and Temple Meads to Bridgewater (14 June 1841) trains. Rebuilt about 1839 as a saddle tank.
Fire Brand18401866
Fire Fly18401870
Firefly2005A modern replica.
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Fire King18401875Involved in first recorded accident on the GWR and in front of Brunel on 25 October 1940. Rebuilt about 1849 as a saddle tank.
Ganymede18421878
Gorgon18411878
Greyhound18411866
Harpy18411873
Hawk18401865
Hecate18411867
Hector18411866
Hydra18421865
Ixion18411879Represented the broad gauge at the Gauge Commision trials of 1845 achieving a maximum of 61 miles per hour.
Jupiter18411867
Leopard18401878
Lethe18421878
Lucifer18411870
Lynx18401870
Mars18411868
Mazeppa18411868
Medea18421873
Medusa18421864
Mentor18411867
Mercury18411865
Milo18411866
Minos18411870
Orion18421867
Ostrich18401865
Panther18401869
Pegasus18421868
Phlegethon18421866Ran with Queen Victoria's first train journey on 13 June 1842.
Phoenix18421870
Pluto18411870
Pollux18421866
Priam18421864
Proserpine18421873
Saturn18411878
Spit Fire18401878
Stag18401870
Stentor18421867
Tiger18401873
Venus18411870
Vesta18411864
Vulture18401870
Wild Fire18401867

Number of locomotives logged in this class is 63.

Number of locomotives with photos available in this class: 1.