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Number 6113
2nd Grouping Number
1st Grouping Numbergwr 6113
2nd Pre Grouping Number
1st Pre Grouping Number
Works/Lot Number
Class Code6100
DesignerCollett
Built31/08/1931
BuilderSwindon Works (GWR)
1948 Shed81B Slough
Last Shed85B Gloucester Horton Road
Withdrawn30/11/1965
Disposal detailsCashmores, Newport.
DisposalCut Up
Disposal Date28/02/1966

Built 1931-35, Designed by Charles B. Collett.

Total Number Built 70 - Total to BR 70

Introduced 1931. Development of 5100 Class with increased boiler pressure and tractive effort for use in London suburban area. Classification 4MT.

Number Series 6100-6169.

Built by at Great Western Railway Swindon Works.

6100-6129 Lot No. 269 1931
6130-6146 Lot No. 278 1932
6147-6159 Lot No. 278 1933
6160-6169 Lot No. 291 1935

The majority of the class were employed on local suburban services in and out of Paddington station and were mainly allocated to Old Oak Common, Oxford, Reading, Slough and Southalll sheds. After the suburban services were dieselised, they could be found across the whole of the Western Region of British Railways.

The first locomotive to be withdrawn was the doyen of the class 6100 itself in September 1958 from Reading shed. The class survived until December 1965 when the last twelve locos were withdrawn: 6106, 6111, 6126, 6134-36, 6145, 6156 from Oxford shed; 6141, 6160 from Gloucester shed; 6147, 6165 from Worcester shed.

One loco, No. 6106 is preserved.

Motive Power Details
Weight: Loco 78 tons 9 cwt
Driving Wheel: 5' 8"
Boil Press: 225lb/sq in Su
Cylinders: Two 18" x 30" (outside)
Valve Gear: Stephenson (piston valves)
TE: 27,340 lb

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