The four Tornado class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. Sir Daniel Gooch was the first chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864. ... Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. ... 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. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... On a steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered wheel which is driven by the locomotives pistons (or turbine, in the case of a steam turbine locomotive). ... The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. ... Class (locomotive) refers to a group of locomotives built to a common design for a single railroad. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. ...

They were ordered by Evans and Geach who were contracted to operate the railway's locomotives. They were designed by Daniel Gooch and based on his Banking Class locomotives built for the Great Western Railway who had previously operated the South Devon Railway, and built by the Vulcan Foundry. Sir Daniel Gooch was the first chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864. ... The Great Western Railway Banking Class 0-6-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives for banking trains up inclines in the West of England. ... 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. ... Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. ...

On 1 February 1876 the South Devon Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, the locomotives were given numbers by their new owners but continued to carry their names too. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Locomotives

• Goliah (1855 - 1885) GWR no. 2141

This locomotive was named after a biblical character, Goliath.

• Sampson (1855 - 1884) GWR no. 2142

This locomtive was named after Samson, a biblical character associated with Goliath.

• Tornado (1854 - 1884) GWR no. 2139

A tornado is a kind of wind.

On 13 March 1860 Tornado was working a goods train at Totnes when its boiler exploded, killing the driver. It was also notorious for being the locomotive of a runaway china clay train at Burngullow on the Cornwall Railway on 29 October 1872.

• Volcano (1854 - 1877) GWR no. 2140

A volcano is a mountain that erupts magma.

David faces Goliath in single combat. ... Samson and Delilah, by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) Samson, Shimshon (Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן, Standard Šimšon Tiberian ; meaning of the sun – perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty, or [One who] Serves [God]) or Shamaun (Arabic) is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Children of Israel... A tornado in central Oklahoma. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Totnes railway station serves the towns of Totnes and Dartington in South Devon. ... Kaolin Kaolinite (Aluminium Silicate Hydroxide) Kaolinite is a clay mineral with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4. ... The Cornwall Railway found there was a demand for a siding to load china clay in the St Stephens district west of St Austell in Cornwall. ... The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway (7 feet 0. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Volcano 1. ...

See also

South Devon Railway locomotives

References

• The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
• Beck, Keith, Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
• Gregory, R H (1982). The South Devon Railway. Salisbury: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-286-2.
• Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
• Railway company records at The National Archives