A35 Hawthorn Class
Built for the Great Western Railway between April 1865 and February 1966 to a design by Joseph Armstrong, the first 20 were constructed by the newly formed Avonside Engine Company Ltd. These 20 locomotives were named after famous engineers, a further 6 were built by the GWR at Swindon, and these carried the names of withdrawn Firefly Class locomotives that they replaced. They had 16" x 24" cylinders, 6' driving wheels with a 4' carrying wheel. 'John Grey' was the first to be withdrawn in March 1876 but a number lasted until the demise of the broad gauge in May 1892. 10 were rebuilt as 2-4-0ST (A44) in 1877 with slightly larger 12" x 24" cylinders, 5' driving wheels and 4' carrying wheels.
| Name | Built | Withdrawn | Notes |
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| Hawthorn | Apr 1865 | Mar 1876 | |
| Hackworth | May 1865 | May 1892 | |
| John Gray | May 1865 | ||
| Murdock | May 1865 | May 1892 | |
| Melling | May 1865 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Gooch | May 1865 | May 1892 | |
| Hedley | Jun 1865 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Roberts | Jun 1865 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Bury | Jul 1865 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Fenton | Jul 1865 | May 1892 | |
| Dewrance | Jul 1865 | May 1892 | |
| Foster | Sep 1865 | ||
| Blenkensop | Dec 1865 | May 1892 | |
| Avonside | Dec 1865 | Jan 1892 | |
| Beyer | Dec 1865 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Hawk | Dec 1865 | May 1892 | |
| Ostrich | Dec 1865 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Penn | Jan 1866 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Peacock | Jan 1866 | ||
| Stewart | Jan 1866 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Phlegethon | Jan 1866 | ||
| Pollux | Feb 1866 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
| Sharp | Feb 1866 | ||
| Wood | Feb 1866 | May 1892 | |
| Acheron | Feb 1866 | ||
| Cerebus | Feb 1866 | 1887 | Rebuilt to A44 Hawthorn Class 2-4-0T |
Plans
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Hawk as in 1865. The Broad Gauge Of The Great Western Railway, The Bristol And Exeter And The North And South Devon Railways |
Photographs
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Bury, as built by Slaughter, Gruning & Co. in 1865. The engine was converted to a saddle tank in 1877. Brunel's Broad Gauge Railway |
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Dewrance, pictured at Taunton sometime between 1876 and 1892. Built in July 1865. Taunton In The 1880s |
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Dewrance. Great Western Broad Gauge Album |
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Fenton with special buffers for working broad or narrow gauge stock. Is this Bath Road Shed? Newton Abbot: 150 Years A Railway Town |
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Gooch, pictured at Taunton sometime between 1876 and 1892. Built in May 1865 as works number 599. Taunton In The 1880s |
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Gooch. Great Western Railway Handbook |
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Hackworth, the second of the Hawthorns built. The tender carries a weather board suggesting use and a branchline without suitable turning facilities. Note the dual gauge buffers and sliding coupling. Taken at Newton Abbot with the 'middle' signal box a Saxby & Farmer Type 4 behind the tender. |
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Wood, station pilot at Newton Abbot on 17 July 1889 seen resting between duties in the engine spur at the east end. Built in February 1866 by Avonside she survived until the end of the Broad Gauge. Broad Gauge Finale |
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Wood, seen again at Newton Abbot |