GWR Waverley Class

Great Western Railway Waverley Class

Power type	Steam
Designer	Daniel Gooch
Builder	Robert Stephenson & Co.
Configuration	4-4-0
Gauge	7 ft 0¼ in
Leading wheel size	4 ft 3 in
Driver size	7 ft 0 in
Wheelbase	18 ft 0¼ in
Cylinder size	17 in dia × 24 in stroke
Career	Great Western Railway
Class	Waverley

The Great Western Railway Waverley Class were 4-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.

The class was introduced into service between February and June 1855, and withdrawn between February 1872 and November 1876. From about 1865, the Waverley Class was known as the Abbot Class.

The names are inspired by the the Waverley novels of Sir Walter Scott.

Locomotives

• Abbott (1855 - 1876)

The Abbot is one of the Waverley novels.

• Antiquary (1855 - 1876)

The Antiquary is one of the Waverley novels.

• Coeur de Lion

Coeur de Lion is the nickname of King Richard I of England, who appears in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Talisman.

• Ivanhoe (1855 - 1876)

Ivanhoe is one of the Waverley novels.

• Lalla Rookh (1855 - 1872)

Lalla-Rookh was a poem by Thomas Moore.

• Pirate (1855 - 1876)

The Pirate is one of the Waverley novels.

• Red Gauntlet (1855 - 1876)

Redgauntlet is one of the Waverley novels.

• Rob Roy (1855 - 1872)

Rob Roy is the title of one of the Waverley novels and the nickname of Robert Roy MacGregor.

• Robin Hood (1855 - 1876)

Robin Hood was an English folk hero.

• Waverley (1855 - 1876)

Waverley is the first title in the Waverley series of novels.

References

• The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-906867-90-8. 
• Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2634-6.