Built: 20052-2-2 “Fire Fly”
Broad Gauge Replica Loco, completed at Didcot by The Fire Fly Trust in 2005.
The original was one of the first batch of a class of 61 locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. It was built by Jones, Turner and Evans of Newton-le-Willows; introduced into service in 1840 and withdrawn in 1870.
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Specifications
| Wheel Arrangement | 2 - 2 - 2 |
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| Driving wheel diameter | 7ft |
| Tractive Effort | |
| Weight | 24t 4cwt |
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| Route Availability | N/A |
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| Heating surfaces, firebox | |
| Heating surfaces, tubes | |
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CURRENT STATUS: Operational