Editing GWR Premier Class (section)

{{short description|Class of British broad gauge 0-6-0 locomotives}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{more footnotes|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox Locomotive
|  name=''Premier''
|  image=File:GWR ‘Premier’ Class locomotive “Premier".jpg
|  powertype=Steam
|  whytetype=0-6-0
|  driverdiameter={{convert|5|ft|0|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|  wheelbase={{convert|14|ft|5+1/2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|  cylindersize={{convert|16|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}, [[bore (engine)|dia]] × [[stroke (engine)|stroke]]
|  operator=[[Great Western Railway]]
|  operatorclass=Premier
|  gauge={{track gauge|7ft0.25in|lk=on}}
|  designer=[[Daniel Gooch]]
|  builder=[[Great Western Railway]]
|  withdrawndate = 1866 - 1872
|  disposition=All [[scrap]]ped
}}

The [[Great Western Railway]] '''Premier Class''' [[Whyte notation|0-6-0]] [[broad gauge]] [[steam locomotive]]s for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between February 1846 and May 1847, and withdrawn between March 1866 and June 1872.

These were the first locomotives built at [[Swindon railway works]],<ref >{{Cite book
  |title=Great Western Locomotive Practice 1837–1947
  |last=Holcroft  |first=H.
  |authorlink=Harold Holcroft
  |publisher=Locomotive Publishing  |location=London
  |year=1957
  |page=8
}}</ref> albeit with boilers supplied to the company. They were larger than the existing [[GWR Hercules Class|Hercules Class]] but still with [[haycock boiler|haycock firebox]]es. Just six months after the last one left Swindon, production of the even larger [[GWR Pyracmon Class|Pyracmon Class]] had started.

From about 1865, the Premier Class locomotives became part of the '''Fury Class''', along with the [[GWR Hercules Class|Hercules Class]] locomotives.