GWR 1600 Class
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The Great Western Railway
(GWR) 1600 class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive.
designed by Dean and built from 1897 onwards. The 2021 class was in its turn an enlargement of the 850 class
designed by Armstrong
in 1874.
. When the last member of the class was built in 1955 (1669) the basic design was over 80 years old. BR gave the 1600 class the power classification 2F. Service life was short, withdrawals started in 1959 and all were gone by 1965 with 1659 having the shortest service (built 1955, withdrawn 1960). Two were sold for further use to the National Coal Board
: 1600 in 1959 (scrapped 1963), and 1607 in 1965 (scrapped 1970).
, is on the Kent and East Sussex Railway
.
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...
(GWR) 1600 class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive.
History
The class was based on the 2021 classGWR 2021 Class
The GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1905...
designed by Dean and built from 1897 onwards. The 2021 class was in its turn an enlargement of the 850 class
GWR 850 Class
Class 850 of the Great Western Railway was an extensive class of small 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton Works of the Great Western Railway between 1874 and 1895...
designed by 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...
in 1874.
Construction and operations
The 1600 class was a pure GWR design but all 70 were built by the Western Region of British RailwaysWestern Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right in the 1980s and was wound up at the end of 1992...
. When the last member of the class was built in 1955 (1669) the basic design was over 80 years old. BR gave the 1600 class the power classification 2F. Service life was short, withdrawals started in 1959 and all were gone by 1965 with 1659 having the shortest service (built 1955, withdrawn 1960). Two were sold for further use to the National Coal Board
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947...
: 1600 in 1959 (scrapped 1963), and 1607 in 1965 (scrapped 1970).
Preservation
No. 1638, the only member of the class to have been preservedHistoric preservation
Historic preservation is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance...
, is on the Kent and East Sussex Railway
Kent and East Sussex Railway
The Kent & East Sussex Railway refers to both an historical private railway company in Kent and Sussex in England, as well as a heritage railway currently running on part of the route of the historical company.-Historical Company:-Background:...
.
See also
- GWR 0-6-0PT – list of classes of GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank, including table of preserved locomotives