Editing GWR Premier Class

{{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 This class was introduced into service between February 1846 and May 1847, and withdrawn between March 1866 and June 1872.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.

==Locomotives==
* '''''Ajax''''' (1846–1871)
: [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]] is the name of a Greek mythological hero. [[HMS Ajax (1798)#1805|HMS ''Ajax'']] formed part of Admiral Nelson's fleet at the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in 1805. The name had previously been carried on one of the unsuccessful [[GWR Mather, Dixon locomotives|Mather, Dixon locomotives]] built in 1838.
* '''''Argo''''' (1846–1855)
: The original ''[[Argo]]'' was [[Jason]]'s ship in Greek mythology.
* '''''Bellerophon''''' (1846–1870)
: [[Bellerophon]] is the name of a Greek mythological hero. [[HMS Bellerophon (1786)#Early history|HMS ''Bellerophon'']] was one of the most famous ships at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
* '''''Bergion''''' (1847–1870)
: This locomotive was named after [[Bergion]], son of [[Poseidon]] in Greek mythology.
* '''''Briarcus''''' (1847–1870)
: This locomotive was named after [[Briarcus]], a minor character in Greek mythology.
* '''''Brontes''''' (1847–1872)
: Brontes is one of the Greek mythical monsters known as the [[Cyclops]]. His name means 'thunder'.
* '''''Dreadnought''''' (1846–1871)
: This is a common name for large British naval ships, {{HMS|Dreadnought|1801|6}} was serving when this locomotive was built.
* '''''Fury''''' (1846–1871)
: The [[furies]] were the female personification of vengeance in Roman mythology.
* '''''Jason''''' (1847–1870)
: This locomotive was named after Jason. a hero of Greek mythology.
* '''''Premier''''' (1846–1869)
: The name, which means ''first'', had previously been carried on one of the Mather, Dixon locomotives of 1838.
* '''''Telica''''' (1846–1870)
: The volcano [[Telica]] is in Nicaragua.
* '''''Vesuvius''''' (1846–1870)
: This locomotive was named after [[Vesuvius]], a famous volcano in Italy.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{RCTS-LocosGWR-2|pages=B20–B21}}
* {{cite book| last=Sheppard| first=Geof| title=Broad Gauge Locomotives| publisher=Noodle Books| year=2008| location=Southampton| isbn=978-1-906419-09-7}}
* {{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|Premier]]
[[Category:0-6-0 locomotives]]
[[Category:Broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1846]]
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]