Other Standard Gauge Locomotives Gallery

2-8-0 locomotives under construction in AE shop, 1943

In this image, War Department 2-8-0 locomotives are shown under construction in AE shop at Swindon Works in May 1943. In order to meet the demand for locomotives for war work, the War Department placed an order in 1942 for the GWR to build 80 LMS 8F Class Stanier 2-8-0 freight locomotives, for use both at home and overseas. The short supply of raw materials meant that the building of these locomotives took longer than expected, and this image shows a number of the first batch of 27 engines under construction, over a year after the first order was placed

No. 1385, John Owen

0-6-0 Saddle Tank locomotive. Built in 1872 by Fox, Walker and Co, originally for the Whitland and Cardigan Railway. The GWR took the railway over in 1886

0 6 0, 1385, Cardigan, John Owen, Whitland

No 111 The Great Bear with No 111 2-4-0 locomotive

4-6-2 Pacific class locomotive. Built 1908. Rebuilt in 1924 to become a Castle class 4-6-0 Viscount Churchill

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