GWR 4300 Class
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The GWR 4300 Class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway for mixed traffic duties. A total of 342 were built between 1911 and 1932
6304 at Over Junction, Gloucester, in 1962
No. 5327 at Swindon 11 June 1950 (modified to the heavier version as No. 8327 1928–1944).
5322 preserved in WWI Railway Operating Division khaki livery
Hugh llewelyn 5322
GWR 5101 Class
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The GWR 5101 Class or 'Large Prairie' is a class of 2-6-2T type steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway.
GWR 4300 Class
…to give the locomotive more route availability. At the same time it was renumbered 7325. An engine similar to the 4300 class was rebuilt from 5193 (a GWR 5101 Class 2-6-2T) to become a smaller boilered version of the class numbered 9351. Mainline Railways updated their OO gauge Mogul Class 4300 models in 1983…
5164 at Totnes in 1958
5101 Class member 4176 banks a mixed-freight train up the bank towards Dainton tunnel, from Newton Abbot towards Plymouth on the Exeter to Plymouth Line in South Devon, 1961
GWR Prairie Class 5100 No 5164
WSR 9351 mogul