GWR Locomotives - Allen Jackson

Known as the Prairies, these tank engines of the 2-6-2T variety were some of ChurchwardÂ’s earliest designs and were the precursor for successful variations of one of the classes – numbered 51XX until 1949. There were two basic types, the smaller type for branch lines and the larger type mostly for outer suburban work in London and Birmingham, but also used as banking engines at Sapperton, Rattery, Hemerdon and Dainton inclines. The smaller 45XX class started off as a class of seventy-five engines,... Zobrazit více