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Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
4 Kidwelly & 5 Cwm Mawr
GWR 2194 & 2195
2194 being scrapped at Swindon Works
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerEager
BuilderAvonside Engine Company
Serial number1463, 1491
Build dateMay 1903, April 1905
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0ST
 • UICC n2t
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Wheelbase11 ft (3.35 m)
Axle load11.4 long tons (11.6 t; 12.8 short tons)
Loco weight31.35 long tons (31.85 t; 35.11 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Water cap.745 imp gal (3,390 L; 895 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area9.27 sq ft (0.861 m2)
Boiler pressure150 lbf/in2 (1.0 MPa)
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox54.6 sq ft (5.07 m2)
 • Tubes506.4 sq ft (47.05 m2)
 • Total surface561.0 sq ft (52.12 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size15 in × 20 in (381 mm × 508 mm)
Valve gearStephenson
Train brakes
Performance figures
Tractive effort13,660 lbf (60.76 kN)
Career
Operators
Power classGWR: Ungrouped
Numbers
  • BP&GV 4, 5
  • GWR, BR 2194–5
Axle load classGWR: Uncoloured
WithdrawnJanuary – February 1953
DispositionBoth scrapped
Dimensions following rebuilding in 1922–26

The Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway (BP&GV) numbers 4 Kidwelly and 5 Cwm Mawr were small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives, originally built by the Avonside Engine Company in May 1903 and April 1905 respectively.

History

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They belonged to a series of seven 0-6-0ST locomotives numbered 1–7 built between 1900 and 1907 for the BP&GV to replace older locomotives; five were built by Avonside and two by Chapman & Furneaux, each of the seven being different from the others.[1] The differences between nos. 4 and 5 were comparatively small: no. 5 had an extended smokebox, and was fitted with the vacuum brake.[2]

They both passed to the Great Western Railway (GWR) in July 1922, which assigned them to Diagram A114 and renumbered them 2194 Kidwelly and 2195 Cwm Mawr. They were sent to Swindon for overhaul in July 1923 and November 1922, but did not return to traffic until February 1926. The rebuilds were shown on Diagram B22; virtually new boilers (GWR code YF) were provided, and the bunkers were extended. They were then sent to Weymouth, to work along the quayside lines, for which a warning bell was also fitted. No. 2195 Cwm Mawr was withdrawn in March 1939; it was reinstated, without its name, in December 1939, and then worked at Bristol and Swindon. No. 2194 Kidwelly left Weymouth in 1940, and then mostly worked at Taunton.[2] Both passed to British Railways in 1948 but they were withdrawn in 1953 and neither was preserved.

Numbering

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BP&GV
No. 		Name Avonside
Works No. 		Date
made 		GWR/BR
number 		Date
withdrawn
4 Kidwelly 1463 May 1903 2194 Feb 1953
5 Cwm Mawr 1491 Apr 1905 2195 Jan 1953

Modelling

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Kits are available, in both 4 mm and 7 mm scales, from Agenoria Models.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Davies, F.K.; Firth, J.M.; Lucking, J.H.; Thomas, R.E.; Allcock, N.J.; Sterndale, A.C.; Barrie, D.S.M.; Reed, P.J.T.; Mountford, E.R. (April 1966). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part ten: Absorbed Engines, 1922-1947. RCTS. p. K214. ISBN 0-901115-20-7.
  2. ^ a b Davies et al. 1966, p. K215
  • Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1966). Locomotives at the Grouping 4: Great Western Railway. Shepperton, Middlesex: Ian Allan Limited. p. 127.
  • Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types and Classes (1940 to Preservation). Oxford, UK: Oxford Publishing Company. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-9028-8821-0. OCLC 815661.
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