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for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between November 1847 and April 1848, and withdrawn between August 1871 and December 1873.
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The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 14: Names and their Origins - Railmotor Services - War Service - The Complete Preservation Story
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was added to the class in May 1849 (and withdrawn in November 1869), having been constructed to broadly the same design from spare parts.
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was the Roman god of the harvest, a name that had been carried by one of the
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is also one of the Greek mythological figures known as the Cyclopes.
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The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge
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This locomotive was built using the boiler from the unsuccessful
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Reed, P. J. T. (February 1953). White, D. E. (ed.).
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Index


Daniel Gooch
Great Western Railway
Whyte
0-6-0
Gauge
7 ft 14 in
Driver
Wheelbase
Cylinder size
dia
stroke
Great Western Railway
Class
Great Western Railway
0-6-0
broad gauge
steam locomotives
Premier class
Swindon railway works
haycock firebox
round-topped firebox
alligator
Hurricane
Bacchus
Charles Tayleur locomotives
Severn Tunnel
Behemoth
Caliban
The Tempest

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