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Under the terms of the Railways Act 1921, the Great Western Railway (GWR) amalgamated with six companies – the "constituent companies" - and absorbed a large number of others – the "subsidiary companies".[1] All of the constituent companies and ten of the subsidiary companies owned locomotives,[1] ranging from the Taff Vale Railway which had 275 locomotives (one of which was not taken into GWR stock), to the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway and the Gwendraeth Valleys Railway, with just two each.[2] The constituent companies were amalgamated on 1 January 1922, some of the subsidiary companies being absorbed on the same date, the rest following at intervals until July 1923.[3] Two more undertakings, not mentioned in the Act, which were responsible for shunting at Swansea Docks, sold their locomotives to the GWR soon afterwards.[1]

Company Status Date Locomotives Notes
Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Constituent 1 January 1922 39 [3][4]
Barry Railway Constituent 1 January 1922 148 [3][5]
Cambrian Railways Constituent 1 January 1922 99 [3][6]
Cardiff Railway Constituent 1 January 1922 36 [3][7]
Rhymney Railway Constituent 1 January 1922 123 [3][8]
Taff Vale Railway Constituent 1 January 1922 274 [3][9]
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Subsidiary 1 July 1922 47 [10]
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Subsidiary 1 July 1922 15 [11]
Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway Subsidiary 1 January 1922 2 [12]
Gwendraeth Valleys Railway Subsidiary 1 January 1923 2 [13]
Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Subsidiary 1 January 1923 8 [14]
Midland and South Western Junction Railway Subsidiary 1 July 1923 29 [15]
Neath and Brecon Railway Subsidiary 1 July 1922 15 [16]
Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company Subsidiary 1 January 1922 22 [17]
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Subsidiary 1 January 1922 37 [18]
South Wales Mineral Railway Subsidiary 1 January 1923 5 [19]
Powlesland and Mason 1 January 1924 9 [20]
Swansea Harbour Trust 1 July 1923 14 [21]

Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway

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Thirty-nine locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922.

Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes
0-4-0ST 1 Trojan Avonside Engine Company 1897 1340 Acquired 1903
0-4-0ST 1 Alexandra Avonside Engine Company 1898 1341 Acquired 1903
0-4-2T 1 14 GWR Wolverhampton 1877 1426 GWR 517 Class
0-6-0ST 5 1 to 5 Robert Stephenson & Company 1898–1900 674–678

Barry Railway

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Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway

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Main article: Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway § Rolling stock

Forty-seven locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 July 1922

Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway locomotives inherited by the GWR
Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes
0-6-0ST 2 17–18 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1881 2190–1 [22]
0-6-0ST 12 1–8, 13–16
1884–86 2177–88 [23]
2-4-0T 5 9–12, 25 Robert Stephenson & Co. 1888–89, 1898 1402/12/52/8/60 [24]
0-6-2ST 4 19, 20/3/6 Vulcan Foundry 1894, 1905 1674/7/92, 1833 [25]
0-6-0ST 5 22, 24, 27–29
1896, 1900 2169–73 [26]
0-6-0ST 3 32–34 Swindon Works 1886–87 1685/93/4 Ex-GWR 1661 Class, acquired 1906–07[27]
0-6-2T 8 36–43 Robert Stephenson & Co. 1909–10, 1914 11, 21, 332, 504, 698, 888, 1084, 1113 [28]
4-4-2T 1 44 Beyer Peacock & Co 1879 1391 Ex-LSWR 46 class, acquired 1914[29]
0-6-2T 6 45–50 Robert Stephenson & Co. 1915, 1921 1372–5, 1668/70 [29]
0-6-0T 1 35 Kerr, Stuart & Co. 1917 2161 Ex-Railway Operating Division, acquired 1920[30]

Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway

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Main article: Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway § Locomotives

Fifteen locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 July 1922

Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway locomotives inherited by the GWR
Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes
0-6-0ST 2 1, 3 Chapman and Furneaux 1900–01 2192–3 [31]
0-6-0ST 4 4–7 Avonside Engine Company 1903–07 2194–6, 2176 [32]
0-6-0T 9 8–12, 2, 15, 13, 14 Hudswell Clarke 1909–19 2197, 2163, 2198, 2164/5/2/8/6/7 [33]

No. 2164 was withdrawn in 1929, and no. 2163 in 1944; the remaining thirteen were passed on to British Railways, being withdrawn between 1951 and 1959.[12]

Cambrian Railways

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Ninety-nine locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922, including five narrow gauge: three on the Vale of Rheidol Railway, and two on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway:

Number Name Builder Wheel
arr. 		Year built Notes
1 Edward VII Davies & Metcalfe 2-6-2T 1902 Re-numbered 1212 in 1922. Overhauled by the GWR in 1925 and gained traditional Swindon fittings. Saw very little use following the arrival of the 3 new locomotives. In 1932 1212 moved to Swindon works The official withdrawal date is given as 9 March 1935. It was scrapped shortly afterwards.[34]
2 Prince of Wales Davies & Metcalfe 2-6-2T 1902 Renumbered 1213 in 1922. Sent to Swindon works in 1924 and scrapped. The number was immediately re-used for the new locomotive 1213 (now No 9) as part of the pretence of a heavy overhaul of the original locomotive.
3 Rheidol Bagnall 2-4-0T 1896 Renumbered 1198 by the GWR in 1923 but withdrawn and scrapped the following year, having never carried its GWR number.[35]
Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes
0-6-0T 2 WLLR 1 The Earl and 2 Countess Beyer, Peacock & Company 822 and 823

Cardiff Railway

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Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway

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Two locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922

Type Quantity Nos. Builder Year GWR Nos. Notes
0-6-0ST 2 Cleobury and Burwarton Manning Wardle 1908 28 and 29 Both rebuilt as 0-6-0PT

Gwendraeth Valleys Railway

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Two 0-6-0ST locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923. One was given the GWR number 26, but the second (Margret) was sold in 1923 without being allocated a GWR number.

Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway

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Eight locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923

Midland and South Western Junction Railway

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Neath and Brecon Railway

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Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company

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Powlesland and Mason

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Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway

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Thirty-seven locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922

Rhymney Railway

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South Wales Mineral Railway

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Five locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1923

Swansea Harbour Trust

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Taff Vale Railway

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275 locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922

Taff Vale Railway locomotives inherited by the GWR
Class Wheels Introduced Final TVR nos. Quantity First GWR nos. To BR Extinct Notes Ref
A 0-6-2T 1914 3, 7, 10–12, 20, 42/5, 52, 75, 80, 90/1, 120/2–5/7–130/2–6/8–140/4/9, 154/6–160/2/4/5, 400–416 58 335/7, 343–9, 351/2/6/7, 360–2/4–8, 370–391/3/4/7–9, 401–4/6/8, 438–441 58 1957 GWR nos. 401 up allotted 303–9, 312/6, 322 in 1946, renumbered 1947–50 [36]
C 4-4-2T 1888 170–5 6 1301–6 — 1927 [37]
D 0-6-0ST 1865 250, 270 2 797/8 — 1926 [38]
E 0-6-0ST 1873 264–5 2 795/6 — 1927 [39]
H 0-6-0T 1884 141–3 3 792–4 3 1953 Renumbered 193–5 during 1948/49 [40]
I 4-4-0T 1884 285–7 3 999, 1133, 1184 — 1925 [41]
K & L 0-6-0 1874 210/7/9, 220, 235/6/9, 242/5, 252/3/9, 261, 281/3/4/8, 297/8, 301/2/4, 313–6, 320/2/5/7/8, 335–7/9, 340, 354/6–360 42 912–933/5/6/8/9, 941–4/6/8, 968–970/4/8, 984, 1000–2 — 1930 43 withdrawn 1907–20 [42]
M & M1 0-6-2T 1885 4, 5, 14–16, 22/4, 50/1/3/4, 71/4, 86–89, 145–8, 150–3, 163/6–9, 176–181, 344/9, 362/4/5 41 442–5, 462/6, 478, 481–4/7–493, 503/5–8, 511/3/5/6, 520, 552, 560/7, 573/7–580/2–6 — 1934 [43]
N 0-6-2T 1891 106/7, 182–9 10 485/6, 494–6, 498–502 — 1934 [44]
O 0-6-2T 1894 21/5/6, 33/4, 190 6 446–8, 452/3, 581 — 1930 [45]
O1 0-6-2T 1894 27–29, 37, 41, 60–65, 70/3/8 14 449–451/4/5, 471–7/9, 480 — 1931 [46]
O2 0-6-2T 1899 31/2, 44, 66, 81–5 9 412/3/5/9, 421/3–6 — 1928 [47]
O3 0-6-2T 1902 18/9, 47, 55/7, 92/3/6, 103, 117, 126, 131/7, 155, 161 15 410/1/6–8, 427–35/7 2 1948 Nos. 410/1 to BR [48]
O4 0-6-2T 1907 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 13/7, 35/6/8/9, 43/6/8/9, 56/8/9, 67–9, 94/5/7/8, 101/2/4/5/8–116/8/9, 121 41 236, 278–302, 310/1/3–5/7–321/4, 333, 409, 414, 420 41 1955 Nos. 300 up allotted 200–211, 215–220 in 1946; except for 301/2, 314 these were renumbered in 1946–50. [49]
S & T 0-4-0ST 1876 266/7 2 1342/3 — 1926 [50]
U & U1 0-6-2T 1895 23, 30, 40, 72/6/7/9, 191–198 15 587–593/5–600/2/3 — 1931 [51]
V 0-6-0ST 1899 99, 100, 275, 280, 290/1 6 786–791 — 1930 [52]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Allcock et al. 1951, p. 15.
  2. ^ Allcock et al. 1951, sheet opposite p. 17.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Bryan 2010, p. 87.
  4. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K8.
  5. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K23.
  6. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K53.
  7. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K87.
  8. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K98.
  9. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K134.
  10. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K196.
  11. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K212.
  12. ^ a b Davies et al. 1966, p. K218.
  13. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K220.
  14. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K221.
  15. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K226.
  16. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K235.
  17. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K242.
  18. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K248.
  19. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K254.
  20. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K260.
  21. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K256.
  22. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K201–2.
  23. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K202.
  24. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K204.
  25. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K204–5.
  26. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K205.
  27. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K206.
  28. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K206–7.
  29. ^ a b Davies et al. 1966, p. K208.
  30. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K209.
  31. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K214–5.
  32. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K214–6.
  33. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K216–7.
  34. ^ Green, 1986, page 187
  35. ^ Green, 1986, pages 204-205
  36. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K187–K191.
  37. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K176–K177.
  38. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K149–K150.
  39. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K151–K152.
  40. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K169–K171.
  41. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K171–K172.
  42. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K153–K159.
  43. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K172–K176.
  44. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K177–K178.
  45. ^ Davies et al. 1966, p. K179.
  46. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K179–K181.
  47. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K183–K184.
  48. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K184–K185.
  49. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K185–K187.
  50. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K159–K160.
  51. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K181–K182.
  52. ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K182–K183.

References

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  • Allcock, N.J.; Davies, F.K.; le Fleming, H.M.; Maskelyne, J.N.; Reed, P.J.T.; Tabor, F.J. (June 1951). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part one: Preliminary Survey. Kenilworth: Railway Correspondence & Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-17-7.
  • Bryan, Tim (May 2010). The Great Western Railway - A Celebration. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3498-3. 1005/B2.
  • Davies, F. K.; Firth, J. M.; Lucking, J. H.; Thomas, R. E.; Allcock, N. J.; Sterndale, A. C.; Barrie, D. S. M.; Reed, P. J. T.; Mountford, E. R. (April 1966). White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part ten: Absorbed Engines, 1922–1947. RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-20-7.
  • Green, CC (1986). The Vale of Rheidol Light Railway. Wild Swan. ISBN 0-906867-43-6.
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