GWR

Constituent companies

  • Great Western Railway
  • Cambrian Railways
  • Welsh Valleys Railways (Taff Vale, Rhymney, Barry, Cardiff, Alexandra Docks, Port Talbot, Brecon & Merthyr Railways)
  • Midland & South West Junction Railway

List of GWR locomotives: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotives_of_the_Great_Western_Railway

At nationalisation on 1 January 1948, British Railways inherited from the GWR:

  • 3856 steam locos
  • 1 diesel shunter
  • 5 service / departmental locos(all petrol)
  • Plus 98 locos on loan from WD.

View full list of GWR loco classes here.

GWR Locomotive Classes in the GBMRM Collection

Joseph Armstrong (Wolverhampton 1854 – 1864, Swindon 1864 – 1877)

George Armstrong (Wolverhampton 1864 – 1897)

William Dean (1877 – 1902)

George Jackson Churchward (1902–1922)

Charles Collett (1922-1941)

Frederick Hawksworth (1941-1949)