0-6-2T Class A TVR/GWR Profile and Models

0-6-2T Class A TVR/GWR

397 at Abercynon in September 1946. ©Ben Brooksbank

The Taff Vale Railway A class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by J. Cameron for mixed traffic work and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway (TVR) in 1914. The A class was an enlarged version of the TVR O4 class designed by Tom Hurry Riches in 1907. The A class was the last new class of locomotive to be introduced on the TVR, which had introduced its first 0-6-2Ts in 1885 (the M class); and, with a total of 58 built, was numerically the largest class of tank locomotive on the TVR. All of the A class locomotives were rebuilt with taper boilers and superheaters by the GWR between 1924 and 1932. All 58 passed to British Railways (BR) in 1948, until the introduction of the BR 82xxx 2-6-2Ts in the mid-1950s, these engines were widely used on passenger workings in the South Wales Valleys. After withdrawal, several were employed as Works Pilots in Swindon before being broken up. None are preserved.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Hawthorn, Leslie & Co
Nasmyth, Wilson & Co
North British Locomotive Co
Vulcan Foundry

Build Dates

1914 to 1921
Rebuilt in 1924

Total Built

58

Tractive Effort

21,000 lbf
(21,480 lbf post-rebuild)

Wheel Configuration

0-6-2T

Operated By

Taff Vale Railway
Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1957

Surviving Examples

0

 

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Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Nu-Cast No image available Requires assembly Not set NC259
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