GWR No. 9 Victoria

GWR No. 9 was a Tank Engine designed by William Dean, and it was built by the GWR's Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway.
== History ==
This number started out in 1881 on a 4-2-4T, the only tank locomotive built by the Great Western Railway with single driving wheels (though not the only such tank locomotive operated by the Great Western, which inherited some from the Bristol and Exeter Railway), these being 7 ft 8 in (2 m) in diameter and had unusually large 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm) cylinders. It did little work as it was prone to derailing, indeed it did this in front of William Dean on its first trial move out of the shed.
In 1884, it was rebuilt as a strange-looking 2-2-2 tender locomotive with outside Stephenson's valve gear. In 1890, it was rebuilt with more conventional double frames and inside valve gear similar in style to the Queen Class. In this guise it was named Victoria in honour of Queen Victoria.
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