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The 1076 Class were 266 double framed 0-6-0T locomotives built by the Great Western Railway between 1870 and 1881; the last one, number 1287, was withdrawn in 1946. They are often referred to as the Buffalo Class following the naming of locomotive 1134.

History[]

These large tank locomotives, with their 4-foot-7-inch (1,397 mm) wheels and 17-by-24-inch (432 mm × 610 mm) dia × stroke cylinders were capable of working trains on the main line. They followed on from George Armstrong's 1016 Class built from 1867, themselves derived from the earlier 302 Class of Joseph Armstrong, and were perpetuated by his successor William Dean until 1881. Modernised saddle tank locomotives of similar size were then produced in the 1813 Class.

The first six were built with side tanks. The following locomotives had saddle tanks covering their boilers and fireboxes, but from 1874 longer saddle tank extending to the front of the smokebox were the norm. All the earlier locomotives were eventually fitted with these larger tanks. Most were reconstructed with pannier tanks from 1911 onwards.

The first locomotives had just a spectacle plate to give protection for the crew, but then small cabs, open at the back, were fitted. Later on most of the surviving locomotives were given full cabs so that there was protection when running in reverse.

Other changes to various locomotives over their long lives were Belpaire fireboxes, enlarged coal bunkers, and even superheaters. One or two were fitted with spark-arresting chimneys. 21 were fitted for working autotrains.

Table of orders and numbers
Year Quantity Lot No. Works Nos. Locomotive numbers Notes
1870 6 22 245–250 1172–1177 renumbered 1076–1081 in 1870
1872–73 30 30 402–431 727–756
1874 20 37 523–542 947–966
1874–75 20 39 543–562 1134–1153
1875 20 40 603–622 1166–1185
1876–77 20 43 663–682 1228–1247
1877 20 44 683–702 1248–1247
1877–78 30 45 703–732 1268–1297
1878–79 20 48 754–773 1561–1580
1879 20 49 774–793 1581–1600
1879–80 20 50 794–813 1601–1620
1880 20 52 824–843 1621–1640
1880–81 20 55 846–865 1641–1660

Broad gauge conversions"[]

File:Truro last broad gauge service 20 May 1892 (1256 and 3557) 20-05-1892.jpg

Locomotive 1256 with the last broad gauge service at Truro in 1892

Ten locomotives were built in 1876 with broad gauge wheels outside the standard double frames. Five more broad gauge locomotives were built in 1878, while from 1884 another 35 were converted from standard gauge to broad. All were eventually converted back to standard gauge.

1256 was one of a pair of locomotives that worked the last broad gauge train from Penzance back to Swindon for conversion on 20 May 1892.

Locomotives built new as broad gauge are denoted in this list by an asterisk*.

  • 1228 * (1876–1892)
  • 1229 * (1876–1892)
  • 1230 * (1876–1892)
  • 1231 * (1876–1892)
  • 1232 * (1876–1892)
  • 1233 * (1876–1892)
  • 1234 * (1876–1892)
  • 1235 * (1876–1892)
  • 1236 * (1876–1892)
  • 1237 * (1876–1893)
  • 1238 (1888–1892)
  • 1239 (1887–1892)
  • 1250 (1888–1893)
  • 1251 (1887–1891)
  • 1252 (1887–1892)
  • 1253 (1888–1892)
  • 1254 (1888–1892)
  • 1255 (1888–1893)
  • 1256 (1887–1892)
  • 1257 (1887–1892)
  • 1258 (1887–1892)
  • 1259 (1887–1892)
  • 1260 (1888–1892)
  • 1261 (1888–1892)
  • 1262 (1888–1893)
  • 1263 (1887–1892)
  • 1264 (1887–1893)
  • 1265 (1888–1893)
  • 1266 (1887–1892)
  • 1267 (1887–1893)
  • 1561 * (1878–1892)
  • 1562 * (1878–1893)
  • 1563 * (1878–1892)
  • 1564 * (1878–1893)
  • 1565 * (1878–1892)
  • 1566 (1884–1892)
  • 1567 (1884–1892)
  • 1568 (1884–1892)
  • 1569 (1884–1892)
  • 1570 (1884–1892)
  • 1571 (1884–1892)
  • 1572 (1884–1892)
  • 1573 (1884–1892)
  • 1574 (1884–1892)
  • 1575 (1884–1892)
  • 1576 (1884–1892)
  • 1577 (1884–1892)
  • 1578 (1884–1893)
  • 1579 (1884–1892)
  • 1580 (1884–1893)

Named locomotive[]

  • 1134 Buffalo
The reason this locomotive was given a name is unclear. It was certainly named within a few years of construction but there was already a Buffalo 0-6-0ST which gave its name to the South Devon Railway Buffalo class. The nameplate was removed from 1134 in 1914 when it was fitted with its pannier tanks. The name itself is that of a strong animal, the Buffalo.

Locomotives sold[]

Two locomotives were sold to the Neath and Brecon Railway:

  • 1563 became N&BR 14 in 1911 and returned to the Great Western Railway in 1922
  • 1591 became N&BR 15 in 1912 and returned to the Great Western Railway in 1922 was withdrawn before being given it number back

Five locomotives were sold to the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway:

  • 1660 became R&SBR 2 in 1919 and returned to the Great Western Railway in 1922
  • 1652 became R&SBR 31 in 1912 and returned to the Great Western Railway in 1922
  • 728 became R&SBR 32 in 1915 and returned to the Great Western Railway in 1922
  • 957 became R&SBR 33 in 1914 and returned to the Great Western Railway in 1922
  • 1167 became R&SBR 34 in 1919 and returned to the Great Western Railway in 1922

List of locomotives[]

727 to 756[]

Originally fitted with short saddle tanks.

  • 727 (1872–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 728 (1872–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 729 (1872–1910)
  • 730 (1872–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 731 (1872–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 732 (1872–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 733 (1872–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 734 (1872–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1926)
  • 735 (1873–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 736 (1873–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1912)
  • 737 (1873–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 738 (1873–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 739 (1873–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 740 (1873–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 741 (1873–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 742 (1873–1919)
  • 743 (1873–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 744 (1873–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 745 (1873–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 746 (1873–1927, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 747 (1873–1911)
  • 748 (1873–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 749 (1873–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1912)
  • 750 (1873–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 751 (1873–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 752 (1873–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 753 (1873–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 754 (1873–1911)
  • 755 (1873–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 756 (1873–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1912)

947 to 966[]

Originally fitted with short saddle tanks.

  • 947 (1874–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 948 (1874–1915)
  • 949 (1874–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 950 (1874–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1912)
  • 951 (1874–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 952 (1874–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 953 (1874–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 954 (1874–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 955 (1874–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 956 (1874–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 957 (1874–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 958 (1874–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 959 (1874–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1926)
  • 960 (1874–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 961 (1874–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 962 (1874–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 963 (1874–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 964 (1874–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 965 (1874–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 966 (1874–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1919)

1076 to 1081[]

Originally fitted with side tanks.

  • 1076 (1870–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1926)
  • 1077 (1870–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1078 (1870–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1079 (1870–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1080 (1870–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1081 (1870–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1919)

1134 to 1153[]

Most were originally fitted with short saddle tanks.

  • 1134 (1874–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1135 (1874–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1136 (1874–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1137 (1874–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1138 (1874–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1139 (1874–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1140 (1874–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1141 (1874–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1142 (1874–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1143 (1874–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1144 (1875–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1145 (1875–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1146 (1875–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1147 (1875–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1148 (1875–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1149 (1875–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1150 (1875–1928)
  • 1151 (1875–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1152 (1875–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1153 (1875–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1921)

1166 to 1185[]

  • 1166 (1875–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1167 (1875–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1168 (1875–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1169 (1875–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1170 (1875–1927, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1171 (1875–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1172 (1875–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1173 (1875–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1174 (1875–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1175 (1875–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1176 (1875–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 1177 (1875–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 1178 (1875–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1179 (1875–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1180 (1875–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1181 (1875–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1182 (1875–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1183 (1875–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1184 (1875–1903)
  • 1185 (1875–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1919)

1228 to 1297[]

  • 1228 (1876–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1229 (1876–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1230 (1876–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1231 (1876–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1928)
  • 1232 (1876–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1233 (1876–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1234 (1876–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1928)
  • 1235 (1876–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 1236 (1876–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1237 (1876–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1238 (1876–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1926)
  • 1239 (1876–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1240 (1877–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1241 (1877–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1242 (1877–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1243 (1877–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1244 (1877–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1245 (1877–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1246 (1877–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 1247 (1877–1939, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1248 (1877–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1249 (1877–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1250 (1877–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1251 (1877–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1252 (1877–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1253 (1877–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1254 (1877–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1255 (1877–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1928)
  • 1256 (1877–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1257 (1877–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1258 (1877–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1259 (1877–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1260 (1877–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1261 (1877–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1262 (1877–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1263 (1877–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1264 (1877–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1265 (1877–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1266 (1877–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1267 (1877–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1268 (1877–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1269 (1877–1938, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1270 (1877–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1271 (1877–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1272 (1877–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1273 (1877–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1274 (1877–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1275 (1877–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1276 (1877–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1277 (1877–1911)
  • 1278 (1877–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1279 (1877–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1280 (1877–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1281 (1877–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1282 (1877–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1283 (1877–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1284 (1878–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1285 (1878–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1286 (1878–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1287 (1878–1946, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1288 (1878–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1289 (1878–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1290 (1878–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1291 (1878–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1292 (1878–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1293 (1878–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1294 (1878–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1295 (1878–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1296 (1878–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1297 (1878–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1914)

1561 to 1660[]

  • 1561 (1878–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1562 (1878–1938, pannier tanks fitted 1926)
  • 1563 (1878–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1564 (1878–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1565 (1878–1938, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1566 (1878–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1567 (1878–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1568 (1878–1938, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1569 (1878–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1570 (1879–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1912)
  • 1571 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1572 (1879–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1573 (1879–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1574 (1879–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1575 (1879–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1576 (1879–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1577 (1879–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1578 (1879–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1579 (1879–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1580 (1879–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1581 (1879–1929)
  • 1582 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1583 (1879–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1584 (1879–1933, pannier tanks fitted 1912)
  • 1585 (1879–1946, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1586 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1587 (1879–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1588 (1879–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1589 (1879–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1922)
  • 1590 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1591 (1879–1922)
  • 1592 (1879–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1593 (1879–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1594 (1879–1930)
  • 1595 (1879–1927, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1596 (1879–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1597 (1879–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1598 (1879–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1599 (1879–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1600 (1879–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 1601 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1602 (1879–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1603 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1926)
  • 1604 (1879–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1605 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1606 (1879–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1607 (1880–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1919)
  • 1608 (1880–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1609 (1880–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1610 (1880–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1611 (1880–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1612 (1880–1928)
  • 1613 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1614 (1880–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1615 (1880–1939, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1616 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1617 (1880–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1618 (1880–1929)
  • 1619 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1620 (1880–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1621 (1880–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1622 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1623 (1880–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1624 (1880–1946, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1625 (1880–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1626 (1880–1928, pannier tanks fitted 1912)
  • 1627 (1880–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1628 (1880–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1629 (1880–1937, pannier tanks fitted 1924)
  • 1630 (1880–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1631 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1632 (1880–1939, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1633 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1634 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1915)
  • 1635 (1880–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1636 (1880–1929, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1637 (1880–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1638 (1880–1938, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1639 (1880–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1640 (1880–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1917)
  • 1641 (1880–1938, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1642 (1880–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1921)
  • 1643 (1880–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1644 (1880–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1645 (1880–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1646 (1880–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1918)
  • 1647 (1881–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1648 (1881–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1649 (1881–1935, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1650 (1881–1936, pannier tanks fitted 1926)
  • 1651 (1881–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1911)
  • 1652 (1881–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1923)
  • 1653 (1881–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1920)
  • 1654 (1881–1932, pannier tanks fitted 1925)
  • 1655 (1881–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1913)
  • 1656 (1881–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1657 (1881–1931, pannier tanks fitted 1927)
  • 1658 (1881–1934, pannier tanks fitted 1914)
  • 1659 (1881–1930, pannier tanks fitted 1916)
  • 1660 (1881–1938, pannier tanks fitted 1914)

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