GWR_Thunderer_locomotive Knowpia

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-4-0+6
Gauge	7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)
Driver dia.	6 ft 0 in (1,829 mm)
Wheelbase	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Cylinder size	16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	T. E. Harrison
Builder	R. & W. Hawthorn & Co.
Serial number	235
Build date	1838
Total produced	1

GWR *Thunderer*
GWR Thunderer
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	T. E. Harrison
Builder	R. & W. Hawthorn & Co.
Serial number	235
Build date	1838
Total produced	1
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-4-0+6
Gauge	7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)
Driver dia.	6 ft 0 in (1,829 mm)
Wheelbase	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Cylinder size	16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)
Operators
Career
Operators	Great Western Railway
Number in class	1
Withdrawn	1839
Disposition	Scrapped

Thunderer was the first of a pair of steam locomotives (the other being Hurricane) built for the Great Western Railway (GWR), England, by R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. whose design was very different from other locomotives. In order to meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel's strict specifications, an 0-4-0 frame carried the 'engine', while the boiler was on a separate six-wheeled frame. The driving wheels were geared 10:27 in order to reduce the cylinder stroke speed while allowing high track speed, in line with the specifications.

The locomotive was delivered to the GWR on 6 March 1838 and ceased work in December 1839^[1] after running only 9,882 miles (15,904 km), but its boiler section was kept as a stationary boiler.

References edit

^ Reed 1953, p. B11

Reed, P. J. T. (February 1953). White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3 – via Archive.org.

[1] Reed 1953, p. B11

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