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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Solihull Station: gwrs1611
GWR 0-4-2T 517 Class No 215, designed by George Armstrong,
poses for the camera at Solihull in 1900. The 517 Class were small 0-4-2T tank
engines designed for local passenger work on the Great Western Railway. They
were built at Wolverhampton Works and were outshopped between 1868 and 1885.
They were built in thirteen lots commencing with No 517 to No 528 and ending
with No 1477 to No 1488 between 1884 and 1885. The class was far from uniform
and encompassed three different wheelbase sizes, saddle and side tanks, and
various boilers to name just a few variations. The above locomotive was built
in 1876 to Lot Z , one of 13 locomotives, No 202 to 205 and No 215 No 222.
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