GWR 1101 Class

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{{Infobox Locomotive

|powertype=Steam

|name = GWR 1101 Class

|image = Swansea Danygraig Depot Collett GWR 0-4-0 Dock Tank geograph-2591752-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

|caption = No. 1105 at Danygraig Depot 1946

|designer = Charles Collett

|builder = Avonside Engine Company

|serialnumber = 1987–1992

|ordernumber = GWR lot 246

|builddate = 1926

|totalproduction = 6

|whytetype = 0-4-0T

|uicclass = B n2t

|gauge = {{Track gauge|uksg|allk=on}}

|driverdiameter = {{convert|3|ft|9+1/2|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

|wheelbase = {{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|2|abbr=on}}

|length = {{convert|25|ft|5+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} over buffers

|width = {{convert|8|ft|8|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

|height = {{convert|11|ft|10|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

|axleload = {{long ton|19|8}}
({{convert|19|LT|8|Lcwt|ST|1|abbr=on|disp=output only}}) full

|locoweight = {{long ton|38|4}}
({{convert|38|LT|4|Lcwt|ST|1|abbr=on|disp=output only}}) full

|fueltype = Coal

|fuelcap =

|watercap = {{convert|1000|impgal|abbr=on}}

|cylindercount = Two, outside

|cylindersize = {{convert|16|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

|firearea = {{convert|12.5|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|fireboxarea = {{convert|76|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|tubearea = {{convert|788|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|totalsurface = {{convert|864|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|boilerpressure = {{convert|170|lbf/in2|MPa|2|abbr=on}}

|tractiveeffort = {{convert|19510|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}

|operator = GWR » BR

|fleetnumbers = 1101–1106

|powerclass= GWR: B

|axleloadclass = GWR: Red

|withdrawndate = 1959–1960

|disposition = All scrapped

}}

The GWR 1101 Class was a class of 0-4-0T side tank steam locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company to the order of the Great Western Railway in 1926 as dock shunters.

British Railways and withdrawal

They passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and were numbered 1101–1106. All were withdrawn and scrapped between 1959 and 1960.

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Sources

  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1957/8 edition, part 1, page 24
  • {{Whitehurst GW Engines from 1940|pages=17, 102, 142}}