Power type Steam Build date 1897 | Serial number 1386 Configuration 0-4-0ST | |
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Designer Avonside Engine Company Builder Avonside Engine Company | ||
GWR No. 1340 is an 0-4-0ST steam locomotive, built in 1897 (Works No. 1386) by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol, England.
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Her first owners were Messrs Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock. In 1903 she was purchased by the Alexandra Docks Railway. This was absorbed into the Great Western Railway in 1923.
In July 1932, the GWR sold her to the Netherseal colliery, Burton-on-Trent. She changed hands again in 1947, going to Alders (Tamworth) Ltd.
Preservation
Trojan is now preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre.
In fiction
Percy the Small Engine has Trojan's shape but has the bunker of a 1361 locomotive (which has Percy's shape but a different 0-6-0ST wheel arrangement).
Models
Agenoria Models produces a brass etch kit for both 4 mm and 7 mm scales.
References
GWR No. 1340 Trojan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA