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GWR four-cylinder arrangement?

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by Hermod, Jun 23, 2026.

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  1. Hermod

    Hermod Well-Known Member

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    I did some diesel factory and shipyards(now closed) time and found it unfit for a living.
     
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    Be careful of criticising four-cylinder designs! You are liable to upset not only GWR fans but also fans of the numerous French four-cylinder compounds.

    Your own design suggestions are certainly original. I think you would have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to find a King-size 2-cylinder compound loco. The largest in Europe appear to have been around 70 tons, or Manor-sized in GWR-speak. British builders in the 1920s supplied some large 2-cylinder compounds to Argentina, where they remained in favour later than elsewhere. The last such engine for domestic use was a 3-ft gauge 2-4-2T, built in 1920 for the Midland Railway's outpost in Northern Ireland (The "Northern Counties Committee" or NCC).
     

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    Four cylinder locomotives had been better made three cylindered.


    A Bulgarian 0-12-0 class two-cylinder compound from 1922 is still on wheels.
    It was superheated /simpled after WW2.
    Mass 101 ton


    https://preview.redd.it/bulgarian-s...bp&s=49603e8bf6de506a686cd90cd1e4a54e2fb88379

    https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=Bulgaria&wheel=0-12-0&railroad=bs
     
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