GWR No. 1334

GWR No. 1334, 1335, 1336
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Dübs and Company Builder Dübs and Company Build date 1894 Total produced 3
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-4-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 5 ft 6 in (2 m) Loco weight 35.25 long tons (39.48 short tons; 35.82 t) Tender weight 30.1 long tons (33.7 short tons; 30.6 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 165 psi (1,140 kPa) Cylinders two inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 13,400 lbf (60 kN)
Career Power class BR: 1MT Numbers 1334, 1335, 1336 Disposition All scrapped

GWR No. 1334, and sister locomotives 1335 and 1336, were 2-4-0 steam locomotives which the Great Western Railway inherited from the Midland and South Western Junction Railway.^[1]

History

The locomotives had been numbered 10, 11 and 12 by the M&SWJR.^[2] They were re-boilered by the GWR and they were the only M&SWJR locomotives to survive into British Railways ownership in 1948.

Withdrawal

The locomotives were withdrawn as follows.^[3] None is preserved.

Number	Shed code	Date withdrawn
1334	81E Didcot	30 September 1952
1335	81D Reading	30 September 1952
1336	81D Reading	31 March 1954

Modelling

A 4 mm scale kit is available from Nu-Cast

References

1. Locomotive Club of Great Britain, Western Region Allocations, 1953
2. "Locomotives of the MSWJ". Swindon-cricklade-railway.org. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
3. "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

External links

• GWR 1336 at Andover in 1953^{[dead link‍]}