Editing GWR Banking Class

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{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox locomotive
|  name=GWR Banking Class
|  image=File:GWR ‘Banking Class’.jpg
|  powertype=Steam
|  designer=[[Daniel Gooch]]
|  builder=[[Great Western Railway]] (4)<br />[[Avonside Engine Company|Stothert and Slaughter]] (1)
| builddate = 1846–1854
| totalproduction = 5
|  whytetype={{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}
|  gauge={{track gauge|7ft0.25in|lk=on}}
|  driverdiameter={{convert|5|ft|0|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|  wheelbase={{convert|16|ft|2+1/4|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|  cylindersize={{convert|17|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|  operator=[[Great Western Railway]],<br />[[South Devon Railway Company]]
|  operatorclass=Banking
| numinclass = 5
| withdrawndate= 1865–1889
| disposition = All [[scrap]]ped

}}

The '''Banking Class''' were five {{whyte|0-6-0|ST}} [[Brunel gauge]] [[steam locomotive]]s for assisting ("[[Bank engine|banking]]") trains up [[Grade (slope)#Railways|inclines]] on the [[Great Western Railway]]. Designed by [[Daniel Gooch]], they were [[tank engine]] versions of his [[GWR Ariadne Class|Standard Goods class]], and mainly built at [[Swindon Works]].

The last example was withdrawn in 1889.

==Locomotives==
*'''''Avalanche''''' (1846–1865)
:Built in February 1846 and ceasing work in August 1865,<ref>{{harvnb|Reed|1953|p=B20}}</ref> ''Avalanche'' was not part of the Swindon-built Standard Goods locomotive build, but instead it was built by the [[Avonside Engine Company|Stothert and Slaughter]] and was similar to the [[GWR Caesar Class|Caesar class tender goods engines]].
*'''''Bithon''''' (1854–1871)
*'''''[[Iago]]''''' (1852–1881)
*'''''[[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]''''' (1852–1889)
:''Juno'' was sold to the [[South Devon Railway Company|South Devon Railway]] in June 1872, where it was renamed '''''[[Stromboli]]'''''. It returned to the GWR upon absorption of the SDR in 1876, when it was given the number 2138 but retained its ''Stromboli'' name. It was the last survivor, being withdrawn in June 1889.
*'''''[[Plato]]''''' (1854–1883)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

*{{RCTS-LocosGWR-2|pages=B20, B24}}
*{{cite book| last=Waters| first=Laurence| title=The Great Western Broad Gauge| publisher=Ian Allan Publishing| year=1999| location=Hersham| isbn=0-7110-2634-3| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/greatwesternbroa0000wate| via=Archive.org}}

{{GWR Locomotives}}

[[Category:Great Western Railway locomotives|Banking]]
[[Category:0-6-0ST locomotives]]
[[Category:Broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotives]]
[[Category:Avonside locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1846]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1852]]
[[Category:South Devon Railway locomotives]]
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]