Power type Steam Builder GWR Swindon Works Total produced 100 | Designer Charles Collett Build date 1927–1929 | |
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Order number Lots 242, 249, 251, 253 | ||
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4575 Class is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives.
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History
They were designed as small mixed traffic branch locomotives, mainly used on branch lines. They were a development of Churchward's 4500 Class with larger side tanks and increased water capacity. 100 were built numbered 4575–4599 and 5500–5574. A number were fitted with auto apparatus in 1953 to enable them to run push-pull trains on South Wales lines with auto trailers.
They often are referred to as Small Prairie Class tank locomotives.
Preservation
11 of these engines survive:
In fiction
One of these locomotives with the GWR Shirtbutton logo was featured in the train chase sequence from the 1978 Disney film Candleshoe.
Models and Toys
Lima made a model of the 4575 class, number 4589, in GWR green, also a British Railways black-liveried version, running number 5574. Bachmann Branchline have for many years made various versions of the 4575 Class.