GWR 1600 Class

Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0PT
• UIC	C nt
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	4 ft 1 1⁄2 in (1.257 m)
Minimum curve	4 chains (264 ft; 80 m) normal,; 3.5 chains (231 ft; 70 m) slow
Wheelbase	14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Length	30 ft 2 1⁄2 in (9.21 m) over buffers
Width	8 ft 7 in (2.616 m)
Height	11 ft 5 5⁄8 in (3.496 m)
Axle load	13 long tons 18 cwt (31,100 lb or 14.1 t); (14.1 t; 15.6 short tons) full
Loco weight	41 long tons 12 cwt (93,200 lb or 42.3 t); (42.3 t; 46.6 short tons) full
Fuel type	Coal
Water cap	875 imp gal (3,980 l; 1,051 US gal)
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	14.9 sq ft (1.38 m2)
Boiler pressure	165 lbf/in2 (1.14 MPa)
Heating surface:; • Tubes	877.2 sq ft (81.49 m2)
• Firebox	79.5 sq ft (7.39 m2)
Superheater	None
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	16.5 in × 24 in (419 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Valve type	Slide valves

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Frederick Hawksworth
Builder	British Railways, Swindon Works
Order number	Lots 381, 389, 417
Build date	1949–1955
Total produced	70

GWR 1600 class
	1616 at Severn Bridge station in 1951
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Frederick Hawksworth
Builder	British Railways, Swindon Works
Order number	Lots 381, 389, 417
Build date	1949–1955
Total produced	70
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0PT
• UIC	C nt
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	4 ft 1 1⁄2 in (1.257 m)
Minimum curve	4 chains (264 ft; 80 m) normal,; 3.5 chains (231 ft; 70 m) slow
Wheelbase	14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Length	30 ft 2 1⁄2 in (9.21 m) over buffers
Width	8 ft 7 in (2.616 m)
Height	11 ft 5 5⁄8 in (3.496 m)
Axle load	13 long tons 18 cwt (31,100 lb or 14.1 t); (14.1 t; 15.6 short tons) full
Loco weight	41 long tons 12 cwt (93,200 lb or 42.3 t); (42.3 t; 46.6 short tons) full
Fuel type	Coal
Water cap	875 imp gal (3,980 l; 1,051 US gal)
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	14.9 sq ft (1.38 m2)
Boiler pressure	165 lbf/in2 (1.14 MPa)
Heating surface:; • Tubes	877.2 sq ft (81.49 m2)
• Firebox	79.5 sq ft (7.39 m2)
Superheater	None
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	16.5 in × 24 in (419 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Valve type	Slide valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort	18,515 lbf (82.36 kN)
Career
Operators	British Railways
Power class	GWR: A; BR: 2F
Numbers	1600–1669
Axle load class	GWR: unclassed
Withdrawn	1959–1966
Disposition	One preserved, remainder scrapped

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1600 class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive.

History

The class was based on the 2021 class 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.

Construction and operations

The 1600 class was a pure GWR design but all 70 were built by the Western Region of British Railways. 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. Two locomotives (1646 and 1649) were transferred to the Scottish Region in 1957 and 1958 to operate the Dornoch Light Railway. Service life was short, withdrawals started in 1959 and all were gone by 1966 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).

Preservation

GWR 1600 No. 1638 at Llangollen Station on the Llangollen Railway

No. 1638 was the only member of the class to have been preserved, and is currently operational on the Kent and East Sussex Railway after its latest overhaul was completed in 2016.

References

Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types and Classes (1940 to Preservation). Oxford, UK: Oxford Publishing Company. pp. 18–19, 81, 101, 153. ISBN 978-0-9028-8821-0. OCLC 815661.

External links

1600 tank class

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