GWR Class 5400 0-6-0 Pannier Tank

 Built 1931-35, Designed by Charles B. Collett. Total Number Built - 25/26*.

Introduced 1931. Collett design for light passenger work. All fitted with push-pull control apparatus for auto-train working.

Number Series 5400-5424.

Built at Great Western Railway Swindon Works.

5400 Lot No. 277 1930
5401-5406 Lot No. 277 1931
5407-5419 Lot No. 277 1932
*5400 Lot No. ??? 1932 5420-5424 Lot No. 301 1935

*Two locomotives numbered 5400 were built. The first one was a rebuild of Class 2021, number 2062. The second 5400, was built as a replacement, after loco 5419. However, neither the first was taken off stock, nor the second taken into stock, so officially only one existed!!!

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[5403] [JPEG Image of 5403 size 23K]

GWR 5400 Class - 5403 at Swindon - Photo BR(WR).

Motive Power Details - GWR 5400 Class

Data taken from the PC TOPS Steam Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates 


Class  Region  Wheels       Class Name            Designer
5400    GWR    0-6-0PT                            Collett

Weight:
Loco  46 tons 12 cwt            Driving Wheel: 5' 2"
                                Boil Press: 165lb/sq in NS
Cylinders:                      Valve Gear: Stephenson (slide valves)
Two 16«" x 24" (inside)         TE: 14,780 lb
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Last revised: 27 October 1998