GWR Metropolitan Class

The Great Western Railway Metropolitan Class 2-4-0T broad gauge steam locomotives with condensing apparatus for working trains on the Metropolitan Railway. This equipment was later removed, though the class continued to work suburban trains on GWR lines in London. This class was introduced into service between June 1862 and October 1864, and withdrawn between June 1871 and December 1877. The locomotives were built by three different workshops, ea... More

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