What do the numbers mean on locomotives?

The first 4 is the number of pilot wheels – those behind the front pilot. The second 4 is the number of drive wheels – the large ones that accualy move the engine. And the 2 is for the last set of wheels under the cab. This is the total number of wheels of the engine, and does not include the tender.

What is a 2 6 2 locomotive called?

Prairie
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Prairie.

How fast is City of Truro?

100 mph
City of Truro is a famous tender engine from the Great Western Railway, who once visited the Island of Sodor. He is believed to be the first engine in the world to attain the speed of 100 mph.

What do Lionel numbers mean?

The Lionel Corp. used a four-digit number to identify its postwar rolling stock. In some cases cars also carried a one, two, or three-digit suffix. Though many times cars with the same number exhibit slight differences, or variations, Lionel usually assigned a new number if a car received major changes.

What is a prairie Tank Engine?

4141 is a member of the GWR “5101” class, commonly known as a Large Prairie, being 41ft (12.5m) in length and 79.71 tonnes. It is a medium sized tank engine with a 2-6-2T wheel arrangement and was designed for suburban and local passenger services, often seen with GWR and BR suburban coaches.

What was the pressure of a GWR steam locomotive?

These had inside steam pipes, and were among the first GWR locomotives to be fitted with top feed apparatus. Nos. 4311–20 had boilers designed to operate at 225 psi (1.55 MPa) pressure but only 4315 and possibly 4316 ever worked at that pressure.

Why did the GWR switch from coal to oil fired locomotives?

Between 1945 and 1947, coal shortages caused the GWR to experiment with oil fired locomotives and alongside a number of Castle, Hall, 2800 and 2884 class locomotives, a single 4300, No. 6320, was converted to oil burning in March 1947.

When was the GWR 4300 class built?

GWR 4300 Class. The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotives, designed by G.J. Churchward for mixed traffic duties. Three hundred and forty two examples were built from 1911-1932.

How many WW1 locomotives were built?

The class proved to be ‘just the type that was needed during the 1914–18 war and were accordingly built in considerable numbers during that period.’ Six batches, totalling one hundred locomotives (numbered 4361–4399, 4300, 5300–5359) were built between May 1915 and September 1918, and a further ten (5360–5369) between January and June 1919.