Collector Notes

 

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES – BROAD GAUGE

 

Manufacturer               Introduced      Scale  Model Status                          Notes

 

Corsair Class 4-4-0ST                                                                               

Gooch

21 locomotives were built between 1849 and 1854. The first was withdrawn in 1873 and the last in 1892. Locomotives to the same design were built by outside contractors for The South Devon Railway

IKB                               1986                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit                               

 

Firefly Class 2-2-2                                                                                     

Gooch

62 locomotives were built between March 1840 and December 1842. The last was withdrawn in 1879

Mikes Models             1974                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

Model Railway

Services                      1979                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

 

Hercules Class 0-6-0                                                                                 

Gooch

102 locomotives were built from 1853. Several were converted to standard gauge in 1892, one locomotive working the last broad gauge train from Plymouth to Swindon on 21^st May 1892

Model Railway

Services                      1979                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

 

Rover Class 4-2-2                                                                                       

Gooch

24 locomotives were built between April 1846 and July 1888. The first was withdrawn for preservation in 1884 (but was scrapped in 1906) and the last on conversion of remaining broad gauge routes to standard gauge in 1892

K's                                1980                4mm   Tools taken over                     Kit (Milestone series)

 }Nu-Kays                    1990                            Tools taken over

 }Classic                      1993                            Status unknown

IKB                               2006                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit

 

Martin Finney             2007                O         Catalogue                               Kit