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The 119 Class of theGreat Western Railway consisted of a series of 110-6-0ST locomotives. They were numbered 119-21 and 123-30 and had originally been built in 1861 atSwindon Works astender engines to a design ofDaniel Gooch, part of the 79 Class. Their rebuilding as tank engines was the result of being renewed atWolverhampton railway works under the tenure ofGeorge Armstrong between 1878 and 1883.
Three were turned out withcondensing gear. All continued as tank engines until their withdrawal except for No. 122, which remained atender engine.
The 119 Class started work in the Northern Division but most of them migrated south, and most of their subsequent rebuildings were done at Swindon. Eventually most were moved to South Wales.
From 1913 they becamepannier tanks withBelpaire boilers fitted to them, as were nearly all other GWR saddle tanks. Most were scrapped by 1928, with No. 120 remaining at Oswestry until 1933.[1]