GWR 108 Class
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Locomotives no. 108 and 109 were a pair of Great Western Railway
2-4-0 locomotives built under the aegis of George Armstrong
at Wolverhampton Works, probably in 1866-7, as replacements for locomotives of the same numbers inherited from the absorbed Birkenhead Railway. They had 5' diameter driving wheels, and unlike other GWR 2-4-0s only had inside frames. Only the wheels of the original locomotives seem to have been used. They worked in the Chester
area and were withdrawn in 1887.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
2-4-0 locomotives built under the aegis of George Armstrong
George Armstrong (engineer)
George Armstrong was in charge of standard gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway at Stafford Road Works, Wolverhampton from 1864 to 1897...
at Wolverhampton Works, probably in 1866-7, as replacements for locomotives of the same numbers inherited from the absorbed Birkenhead Railway. They had 5' diameter driving wheels, and unlike other GWR 2-4-0s only had inside frames. Only the wheels of the original locomotives seem to have been used. They worked in the Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
area and were withdrawn in 1887.