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Encyclopedia > GWR Iron Duke Class
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The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but soon converted to 4-2-2 arrangement. The remainder of the class entered service between April 1847 and July 1855. Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping after the broad gauge was abolished in 1892. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping after the broad gauge was abolished in 1892. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... A selection of early 20th century locomotive types according to their Whyte notation and their comparative size The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century. ... A locomotive (from lat. ... A selection of early 20th century locomotive types according to their Whyte notation and their comparative size The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...


In May to July 1870, three locomotives (Great Britain, Prometheus and Estaffete) were rebuilt to a new design, retaining their original names. Following these, further locomotives were built to the new design, entering service between August 1871 and July 1888. Although these locomotives took the names of withdrawn locomotives of the original design, they were not rebuilt from them like the first three, but entirely new locomotives (though it is believed that Rover, Swallow and Balaklava may have included some parts from the earlier locomotives of those names). 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...


Apart from the three conversions, the original locomotives were withdrawn between December 1870 and June 1884. Lord of the Isles (the last to be withdrawn) was initially preserved by the GWR at Swindon Works, but was scrapped in January 1906 owing to pressure of space. The three conversions were withdrawn between September 1880 and October 1887, while the other locomotives to the later design were all withdrawn with the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892 (except Hirondelle, which had been withdrawn in December 1890). 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Swindon railway works was built by the Great Western Railway in 1840 in the town of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...


List of locomotives

The list is in chronological order according to the date each locomotive entered service. Notes: [a] The first GWR broad gauge locomotive to carry this name. [b]: The second GWR broad gauge locomotive to carry this name.


Original Design

  • Great Western [a]
  • Iron Duke [a]
  • Great Britain [a] (Rebuilt to second design)
  • Lightning [a]
  • Emperor [a]
  • Pasha
  • Sultan [a]
  • Courier [a]
  • Tartar [a]
  • Dragon [a]
  • Warlock [a]
  • Wizard
  • Rougemont
  • Hirondelle [a]
  • Tornado [a]
  • Swallow [a]
  • Timour [a]
  • Prometheus [a] (Rebuilt to second design)
  • Perseus
  • Estaffete (Rebuilt to second design)
  • Rover [a]
  • Amazon [a]
  • Lord of the Isles (When built, temporarily named Charles Russell)
  • Alma [a]
  • Balaklava [a]
  • Inkermann [a]
  • Kertch
  • Crimea [a]
  • Eupatoria [a]
  • Sebastopol [a]

Second Design Two dukes, both military officers, were nicknamed the Iron Duke during their lifetimes: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva HMS Iron Duke is also the name of three ships in the Royal Navy, one of which is still in active service (a frigate). ... Lord of the Isles, now a Scottish title of nobility, originally referred to a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of galleys Although at times nominal vassals of the King of Norway... There are different people with the name Charles Russell: Charles Albert George Russell (1887-1961); Essex and England batsman Charles Taze Russell - 1852–1916, founder of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, which after his death, was renamed The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society whose members are now known as...

  • Great Britain [a] (Rebuilt from original Great Britain)
  • Prometheus [a] (Rebuilt from original Prometheus)
  • Estaffete (Rebuilt from original Estaffete)
  • Rover [b]
  • Swallow [b]
  • Balaklava [b]
  • Hirondelle [b]
  • Timour [b]
  • Iron Duke [b]
  • Tartar [b]
  • Sultan [b]
  • Warlock [b]
  • Lightning [b]
  • Amazon [b]
  • Crimea [b]
  • Eupatoria [b]
  • Inkermann [b]
  • Courier [b]
  • Bulkeley [b]
  • Dragon [b]
  • Great Britain [b]
  • Emperor [b]
  • Sebastopol [b]
  • Alma [b]
  • Prometheus [b]
  • Great Western [b]
  • Tornado [b]

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Replica

In 1985 a replica of Iron Duke was constructed using parts from two Hunslet Austerity tanks. This is currently housed at the National Railway Museum at York, although it has also visited the Didcot Railway Centre, which has a section of broad gauge track. The replica appeared in the Railway Series book 'Thomas and the Great Railway Show', in which it was portrayed with whiskery eyebrows and a walrus moustache. Preserved Austerity 0-6-0 The Hunslet Engine Company Class 50550 is a design of steam locomotive designed for shunting. ... Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... General view, including engine sheds, of part of the site on a cold January day The Didcot Railway Centre, located in the Oxfordshire town of Didcot, is a comprehensive exhibition of Great Western Railway rolling stock. ... Map showing the railways on the fictional Island of Sodor (click to enlarge). ... Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses (from Dutch: wal meaning shore, and r(e)us meaning giant) are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ... Edgar Allan Poe had a simple moustache. ...


External links

  • http://www.broadgauge.org.uk/today/locos-ironduke.html


Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
Broad gauge locomotives
Gooch: Ariadne - Banking - Bogie - Caesar - Caliph - Firefly - Iron Duke - Leo - Metropolitan - Premier - Prince - Pyracmon - Star - Sun - Victoria - Waverley
J. Armstrong: Hawthorn - Iron Duke - Sir Watkin - Swindon
Standard gauge locomotives
Dean: Dean Goods - Aberdare - Dean Single - Duke - Bulldog - 3600 - Badminton
Churchward: The Great Bear - 1361 - County Tank - 2800 - Saint - 3100 - City - County - Star - 4200 - 4300 - 4400 - 4500 - 4700
Collett: 1366 - 1400 - 2251 - 2884 - Earl - Castle - 4575 - Hall - 5101 - 5205 - 5400 - 5600 - 5700 - 5800 - King - 6100 - 6400 - Grange - 7200 - 7400 - Manor
Hawksworth: County - 1500 - 1600 - Modified Hall - 9400

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Iron Duke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (152 words)
HMS Iron Duke is also the name of three ships in the Royal Navy, one of which is still in active service (a frigate).
Iron Duke is also the nickname given to a 2.5 L internal combustion engine used in many 1980s-era General Motors front-wheel drive automobiles.
Iron Duke was also the name of a famous class of locomotive built by the Great Western Railway in England.
GWR 3252 Class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (300 words)
A further thirty locos were later rebuilt as Earl Class locomotives; the prototype (number 3265) was not renumbered, but the others took numbers 3200-3228.
This class were subject to the 1912 renumbering of GWR 4-4-0 locomotives, which saw the Bulldog Class gathered together in the series 3300-3455, and other types renumbered out of that series.
The surviving locomotives were again renumbered into the 90xx series in 1946 upon introduction of new 2251 Class locomotives, which reused the 32xx numbers.
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