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Locomotives

A35 Hawthorn Class

Built for the Great Western Railway between April 1865 and February 1966 to a design by Joseph Armstrong the first 20 were constructed by the newly formed Avonside Engine Company Ltd. These 20 were named after famous engineers, a further 6 were built by the GWR at Swindon and these carried the names of withdrawn Firefly Class locomotives that they replaced. They had 16" x 24" cylinders, 6' driving wheels with a 4' carrying wheel. 'John Grey' was the first to be withdrawn in March 1876 but a number lasted until the demise of the broad gauge in May 1892. 10 were rebuilt as 2-4-0ST (A44) in 1877 with slightly larger 12" x 24" cylinders, 5' driving wheels and 4' carrying wheels.

Name	Built	Withdrawn
Hawthorn	Apr 1865
Hackworth	May 1865
John Gray	May 1865
Murdock	May 1865
Melling	May 1865
Gooch	May 1865
Hedley	Jun 1865
Roberts	Jun 1865
Bury	Jul 1865
Fenton	Jul 1865
Dewrance	Jul 1865
Foster	Sep 1865
Blenkensop	Dec 1865
Avonside	Dec 1865
Beyer	Dec 1865
Hawk	Dec 1865
Ostrich	Dec 1865
Penn	Jan 1866
Peacock	Jan 1866
Stewart	Jan 1866
Phlegethon	Jan 1866
Pollux	Feb 1866
Sharp	Feb 1866
Wood	Feb 1866
Acheron	Feb 1866
Cerebus	Feb 1866

Plans

Hawk as in 1865.

The Broad Gauge Of The Great Western Railway, The Bristol ANd Exeter And The North And South Devon Railways

Photographs


		Bury, as built by Slaughter, Gruning & Co. in 1865. The engine was converted to a saddle tank in 1877. Brunel's Broad Gauge Railway

		Dewrance, pictured at Taunton sometime between 1876 and 1892. Built in July 1865. Taunton In The 1880s

		Dewrance. Great Western Broad Gauge Album

		Fenton with special buffers for working broad or narrow gauge stock. Is this Bath Road Shed? Newton Abbot: 150 Years A Railway Town

		Gooch, pictured at Taunton sometime between 1876 and 1892. Built in May 1865 as works number 599. Taunton In The 1880s

		Gooch. Great Western Railway Handbook

		Hackworth, the second of the Hawthorns built. The tender carries a weather board suggesting use and a branchline without suitable turning facilities. Note the dual gauge buffers and sliding coupling. Taken at Newton Abbot with the 'middle' signal box a Saxby & Farmer Type 4 behind the tender. A Broad Gauge Album

		Wood, station pilot at Newton Abbot on 17 July 1889 seen resting between duties in the engine spur at the east end. Built in February 1866 by Avonside she survived until the end of the Broad Gauge. Broad Gauge Finale Great Western Broad Gauge Album The Newton Abbot To Kingswear Railway (1844-1988)

		Wood, seen again at Newton Abbot A Broad Gauge Album

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