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GWR 481 Class
No. 592
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Joseph Armstrong Builder GWR Swindon works Order number 20 Serial number 195–214 Build date 1869 Total produced 20
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-4-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge Fuel type Coal Cylinders two Cylinder size (?)
Career Operators GWR Retired 1904–1921

TheGWR 481 Class was a class of 202-4-0 mixed-trafficsteam locomotives designed for theGreat Western Railway byJoseph Armstrong and built atSwindon Works in 1869. They were similar in size to the439 Class but differed in appearance, thanks to the flowing lines of their outside frames.

The class was originally numbered (in order of construction): 481-490 and 1122–1131. After the 1870 locomotive stocktake, six of the locomotives in the duplicate list (1122–1127) were renumbered into the capital list as 587-592 to replace withdrawn broad-gauge locomotives; the other four duplicates (1128–1131) replaced standard-gauge locomotives as numbers 12, 19, 20, 54.^[1]

Three of the class - Nos. 12, 19 and 20, which always remained in the Northern Division - were reboilered atWolverhampton Works underGeorge Armstrong between 1880 and 1890. Furthermore, in 1895 No. 20 was completely renewed at Swindon, as a larger locomotive, joining the439 Class.

The remaining engines were allocated to the Southern Division, working to South Wales and Weymouth, and then between Salisbury and Bristol. All were completely renewed at Swindon in 1887–90, using very little of the original locomotives. They were now "very neat little engines"; at this timeWilliam Dean added a completely new member of the class, numbered 28. Around 1900 the renewed engines were relegated to secondary duties, and were subsequently withdrawn between 1904 and 1921. No. 485 ran nearly 1,500,000 miles (2,400,000 km).^[2]

• Allcock, N. J.; Davies, F. K.; le Fleming, H. M.; Maskelyne, J. N.; Reed, P. J. T.; Tabor, F. J. (1968) [1951]. White, D. E. (ed.).The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part one: Preliminary Survey. Kenilworth:RCTS.
• Tabor, F.J. (February 1956). White, D.E. (ed.).The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part four: Six-wheeled Tender Engines. Kenilworth:RCTS.

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