0-6-2T Class U/ U1 Ex-Taff Vale GWR Profile and Models

0-6-2T Class U/ U1 Ex-Taff Vale GWR

No. 197. Official works photograph circa late1890s. ©Public Domain, uploaded by Nick Baxter

The Taff Vale Railway U and U1 classes were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotive operated by Taff Vale Railway, Wales, from 1895. All were still in use when the Taff Vale Railway was acquired by the Great Western Railway in 1922, but were withdrawn from traffic between 1927 and 1931. Tom Hurry Riches, the Taff Vale Railway's Locomotive Superintendent brought out 2 similar classes, the U and the U1 for working passenger trains, both 0-6-2Ts. The only difference between the U and U1 class was in the radial wheels which were 3 ft 83⁄4 in (1.137 m) in the former and 3 ft 1 in (0.940 m) in the latter.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Vulcan Foundry

Build Dates

1895 to 1896

Total Built

15

Tractive Effort

17,190 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-6-2T

Operated By

Taff Vale Railway
Great Western Railway

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1931

Surviving Examples

0

 

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OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) South Eastern Finecast F111 GWR EX Tafe vale U1 Steam locomotive kit Requires assembly Not set F111
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OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Sutherland Models SUTHERC1 GWR (Ex-Taff Vale Railway) 0-6-2T C1.A Requires assembly Not set SUTHERC1
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OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Wills Kits F111 GWR ex-Taff Vale U1 0-6-2T locomotive body kit Requires assembly Not set F111
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GWR ex-Taff Vale U1 0-6-2T locomotive body kit Awaiting Categorisation