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Taff Vale Railway O3 class

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Power type
  
Steam

Builder
  
Kitson & Co.

Total produced
  
2

Designer
  
Build date
  
1904

Configuration
  
0-6-2T

The Taff Vale Railway O3 class was a class of 2 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Tom Hurry Riches, built by Kitson & Co. and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1904. They were rebuilt with new boilers by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1930.

Withdrawal and disposal

Both entered British Railways service in 1948, but neither lasted more than 3 months before being retired and scrapped. Both were withdrawn from the Cardiff Canton shed.

References

Taff Vale Railway O3 class Wikipedia


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