# List of GWR broad gauge locomotives

This is a list of the 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge locomotives of the Great Western Railway. It excludes those purchased from constituent companies, or acquired through amalgamations.
| Class | code | Wheel arrangement | Builder | Driving wheels | Cylinders | Intro- duced | With- drawn | Number built | Names |
| Thunderer | A01 | 0-4-0+6 | | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 20 in | 1838 | 1839 | 1 | Thunderer |
| Hurricane | A02 | 2-2-2+6 | | 10 ft 0 in | 16 in × 20 in | 1838 | 1839 | 1 | Hurricane |
| Designs to the Brunel specification | A11 | 2-2-2 | various: Mather, Dixon, Charles Tayleur, Sharp, Roberts, Haigh Foundry | | | 1837 | 1847 | 17 | Premier, Aeolus, Bacchus, Apollo, Vulcan, Neptune, Ariel, Lion, Atlas, Venus, Viper, Snake, Eagle, Ajax, Planet, Mercury, Mars |
| Priam | A12 | 2-2-2 | Robert Stephenson & Co. | 7 ft 0 in | various | 1837 | 1871 | 12 | North Star, Morning Star, Evening Star, Dog Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Load Star, Rising Star, Bright Star, Shooting Star, Royal Star, Western Star |
| Priam | A13 | 2-2-2 | | 7 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1840 | 1878 | 62 | Spit Fire, Wild Fire, Leopard, Fire Ball, Fire King, Fire Brand, Fire Fly, Charon, Panther, Lynx, Stag, Hawk, Vulture, Cyclops, Falcon, Ostrich, Greyhound, Mazeppa, Arab, Jupiter, Cerebus, Achilles, Milo, Saturn, Arrow, Dart, Hector, Mars, Harpy, Pluto, Castor, Mentor, Lucifer, Minos, Ixion, Mercury, Venus, Gorgon, Hecate, Bellona, Vesta, Actaeon, Centaur, Acheron, Erebus, Medea, Damon, Electra, Orion, Priam, Lethe, Hydra, Phlegethon, Medusa, Proserpine, Ganymede, Pollux, Argus, Phoenix, Pegasus, Stentor |
| Sun | A14 | 2-2-2 | | 6 ft 0 in | 14 in × 18 in | 1840 | 1849 all rebuilt as 2-2-2ST Wolf class | 21 | Sun, Sunbeam, Eclipse, Meridian, Comet, Meteor, Aurora, Hesperus, Gazelle, Wolf, Djerid, Javelin, Antelope, Zebra, Lance, Yataghan, Giraffe, Assagais, Rocket, Stiletto, Creese |
| Priam | A15 | 2-2-2 | GWR | 7 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1846 | 1871 | 6 | Elk, Prince, Peri, Witch, Queen, Sylph |
| Great Western | A16 | 2-2-2 | | 8 ft 0 in | 18 in × 24 in | 1846 | | 1 | Great Western |
| Alma | A17 | 4-2-2 | | 8 ft 0 in | 18 in × 24 in | | | | Great Western, Iron Duke, Great Britain, Lightning, Emperor, Sultan, Pasha, Courier, Tartar, Dragon, Warlock, Wizard, Rougemont, Hirondelle, Tornado, Swallow, Timour, Prometheus, Perseus, Estaffete, Rover, Amazon, Lord of the Isles, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Kertch, Crimea, Eupatoria, Sebastopol |
| Alma | A18 | 4-2-2 | GWR | 8 ft 0 in | 18 in × 24 in | 1870 | 1892 | 25 | Estaffete, Prometheus, Great Britain, Rover, Swallow, Balaklava, Hirondelle, Timour, Iron Duke, Tartar, Sultan, Warlock, Lightning, Amazon, Crimea, Eupatoria, Inkermann, Courier, Bulkeley, Dragon, Emperor, Sebastopol, Alma, Great Western, Tornado, |
| 3001 | A19 | 2-2-2 | GWR | 7 ft 8.5 in | 20 in × 24 in | 1891 | 1892 | 8 | 3021-3028 |
| Wolf | A21 | 4-2-2ST | | 7 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1849 | 1871 | 6 | North Star, Orion, Bright Star, Polar Star, Red Star, Rising Star, Shooting Star |
| Wolf | A23 | 2-2-2ST | | 6 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1846 | 1870 | 1 | Venus |
| Wolf | A24 | 2-2-2ST | most rebuilt from Sun class | 6 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1849 | 1876 | 27 | Antelope, Assagais, Atlas, Aurora, Comet, Creese, Djerid, Eagle, Eclipse, Fire Ball, Fire King, Gazelle, Giraffe, Hesperus, Javelin, Lance, Meridian, Meteor, Rocket, Snake, Stiletto, Sun, Sunbeam, Viper, Wolf, Yataghan, Zebra |
| Wolf | A25 | 2-2-2T | rebuilt from #A11 | 7 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1846 | 1872 | 3 | Aeolus, Apollo, Vulcan |
| Leo | A31 | 2-4-0 | | 5 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1841 | rebuilt as Leo 2-4-0T | 18 | Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces |
| Abbot, Waverley before 1865 | A32 | 4-4-0 | | 7 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1855 | 1876 | 10 | Lalla Rookh, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, Rob Roy, Waverley, Coeur de Lion, Pirate, Abbot, Red Gauntlet |
| Victoria | A33 | 2-4-0 | | 6 ft 6 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1856 | 1880 | 18 | Napoleon, Victoria, Leopold, Oscar, Abdul Medjid, Victor Emanuel, Alexander, Otho, Brunel, Locke, Stephenson, Trevithick, Smeaton, Fulton, Watt, Telford, Rennie, Brindley |
| Metropolitan | A34 | 2-4-0 | rebuilt from Metropolitan 2-4-0T | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1873 | 7 | Hornet, Mogul, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel |
| Hawthorn | A35 | 2-4-0 | Stothert, Slaughter & Co, GWR | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1877, 1892 | 26 | Hawthorn, Hackworth, John Gray, Murdock, Melling, Gooch, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Fenton, Dewrance, Foster, Blenkensop, Avonside (originally named Slaughter) on delivery, Beyer, Hawk, Ostrich, Penn, Peacock, Stewart, Phlegethon, Pollux, Sharp, Wood, Acheron, Cerebus |
| Compound | A36 | 2-4-0 | | 7 ft 0.5 in | 14 in × 21 in + 22 in × 21 in compound | 1886 | 1892 | 1 | 8 |
| Dean express 2-4-0 | A37 | 2-4-0 | | 7 ft 0.5 in | 20 in × 24 in | 1888 | 1892 | 2 | 14, 16 |
| 3501 | A38 | 2-4-0 | rebuilt from the 2-4-0T 3501 | 5 ft 1 in | 17 in × 26 in | 1890 | 1892 | 5 | 3501, 3502, 3505, 3507, 3508 |
| Leo | A41 | 2-4-0ST | rebuilt from Leo 2-4-0 | 5 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | | 1874 | 18 | Elephant, Buffalo, Dromedary, Hecla, Stromboli, Etna, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces |
| Bogie | A42 | 4-4-0ST | R. & W. Hawthorn & Co., two GWR | 5 ft 9 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1849 | 1880 | 13 | Corsair, Brigand, Sappho, Homer, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Juvenal, Seneca, Lucretius, Theocritus, Statius, Euripides, Hesiod, Lucan |
| Metropolitan | A43 | 2-4-0T | | 6 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1862 | 1877, 7 rebuilt to 2-4-0 | 22 | Hornet, Shah, Bee, Gnat, Bey, Wasp, Mosquito, Locust, Czar, Mogul, Kaiser, Khan, Rose, Thistle, Fleur de Lis, Shamrock, Camelia, Azalia, Lily, Myrtle, Violet, Laurel |
| Hawthorn | A44 | 2-4-0T | rebuilt from 2-4-0 Hawthorns | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1877 | 1892 | 10 | Melling, Hedley, Roberts, Bury, Beyer, Ostrich, Penn, Stewart, Pollux, Cerebus |
| 3501 | A45 | 2-4-0T | GWR | 5 ft 1 in | 17 in × 26 in | 1885 | 1890, 1892 | 10 | 3501-3510 |
| 3521 | A46 | 0-4-2ST | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1888 | 1891 | 19 | 3541 – 3559 |
| 3521 | A47 | 0-4-4T | rebuilt from the 0-4-2ST 3521 class | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1889 | 1892 | 18 | 3541 – 3560 |
| Fury | A51 | 0-6-0 | Nasmyth, Gaskell & Co | 5 ft 0 in | 15 in × 18 in | 1842 | 1871 | 4 | Hercules, Sampson, Goliah, Tityos |
| | A52 | 0-6-0 | Stothert, Slaughter & Co | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1846 | | 1 | Avalanche, rebuilt as 0-6-0ST Banking class |
| Fury | A53 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in or 4 ft 6 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1846 | 1872 | 12 | Premier, Ajax, Argo, Bellerophon, Vesuvius, Dreadnought, Telica, Fury, Bergion, Briareus, Brontes, Jason |
| Caesar (Pyracmon) | A54 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1847 | 1873 | 6 | Pyracmon, Steropes, Caliban, Behemoth, Mammoth, Alligator |
| Fury | A55 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 16 in × 24 in | 1849 | 1869 | 1 | Bacchus |
| Caesar | A56 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in (initially 16 in × 24 in) | 1851 | 1880 | 8 | Dido, Volcano, Thunderer, Caesar, Florence, Nora Creina, Hero, Druid |
| Caesar (Ariadne & Caliph classes) | A57 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1852 | 1892 | 102 | Flirt, Giaour, Hebe, Pearl, Ariadne, Leander, Cato, Europa, Nelson, Trafalgar, Cicero, Ulysses, Diana, Minerva, Cupid, Coquette, Psyche, Hecuba, Romulus, Remus, Wellington, Monarch, Zina, Brutus, Ceres, Ruby, Flora, Thames, Neptune, Vesper, Iris, Cyprus, Caliph, Janus, Orson, Vixen, Sibyl, Salus, Banshee, Sphinx, Cambyses, Midas, Nimrod, Geryon, Nero, Nemesis, Octavia, Plutus, Zetes, Metis, Rhea, Typhon, Osiris, Pelops, Creon, Panthea, Amphion, Magi, Pallas, Gyfeillon, Mersey, Severn, Tweed, Avon, Esk, Humber, Boyne, Liffey, Shannon, Clyde, Forth, Tay, Wear, Tyne, Wye, Plym, Rhondda, Tamar, Gladiator, Lagoon, Talbot, Warhawk, Warrior, Severus, Sirius, Pioneer, Hades, Chronus, Orpheus, Olympus, Plutarch, Regulus, Cossack, Tantalus, Theseus, Champion, Sylla, Leonidas, Pandora, Xerxes, Luna, Ethon |
| Swindon | A58 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1892 | 14 | Swindon, London, Bristol, Bath, Windsor, Oxford, Reading, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Newport, Shrewsbury |
| 388 | A59 | 0-6-0 | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1865 | 1892 | 20 | 1196–1215 |
| Banking | A61 | 0-6-0ST | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1852 | 1889 | 5 | Avalanche, Juno, (renamed to Stromboli after sale to the South Devon Railway) Iago, Plato, Bithon |
| Sir Watkin | A62 | 0-6-0T | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1866 | | 6 | Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler |
| Sir Watkin | A63 | 0-6-0ST | GWR | 5 ft 0 in | 17 in × 24 in | | 1892 | 6 | Miles, Bulkeley, Sir Watkin, Whetham, Saunders, Fowler |
| 1076 | A64 | 0-6-0ST | GWR | 4 ft 6 in | 17 in × 24 in | 1876 | 1892 | 50 | 1228–1257, 1561–1580 |