Class Details
Gooch Rover Class, 4-2-2 express passanger locomotives.
Cyl: 18 x 24; DW: 8 ft.
Initially three Iron Duke Class extensively rebuilt, but then new locomotives taking same names as withdrawn Iron Duke Class locomotives.
| BR # | GWR # | Great Western Railway: Broad Gauge # | Name | Built | Wdrn | 1950 shed | Last shed | Notes | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Western | Great Western | 1888 | 1892 | Hauled the last Paddington to Penzance broad gauge service as far as Bristol. | |||||
| Iron Duke | 1873 | 1892 | |||||||
| Great Britain | 1880 | 1892 | |||||||
| Lightening | 1878 | 1892 | |||||||
| Dragon | 1880 | 1892 | |||||||
| Emperor | 1880 | 1892 | |||||||
| Sultan | Sultan | 1876 | 1892 | ||||||
| Courier | Courier | 1878 | 1892 | ||||||
| Tartar | 1876 | 1892 | |||||||
| Warlock | Warlock | 1876 | 1892 | ||||||
| Tornado | 1888 | 1892 | |||||||
| Prometheus | 1888 | 1892 | |||||||
| Estafette | 1870 | 1884 | |||||||
| Amazon | 1878 | 1892 | |||||||
| Alma | 1880 | 1892 | |||||||
| Balaklava | 1871 | 1892 | |||||||
| - | Swallow | Sep 1871 | May 1892 | ||||||
| Inkermann | Inkermann | 1878 | 1892 | ||||||
| Crimea | 1878 | 1892 | |||||||
| Eupatoria | 1878 | 1892 | |||||||
| Sebastapol | 1880 | 1892 | |||||||
| Timour | 1873 | 1892 | |||||||
| Bulkeley | Bulkeley | 1880 | 1892 | Worked the last broad gauge passanger train out of Paddington on 20 May 1892 as far as Bristol, then returned the following morning with the last train from Penzance to Paddington. |
Number of locomotives logged in this class is 23.
Number of locomotives with photos available in this class: 7.