Editing GWR Sun Class

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{{Infobox Locomotive
|name=''Sun''
|image=
|powertype=Steam
|whytetype=2-2-2
|driverdiameter={{convert|6|ft|0|in|3|abbr=on}}
|leadingdiameter={{convert|3|ft|6|in|3|abbr=on}}
|trailingdiameter={{convert|3|ft|6|in|3|abbr=on}}
|wheelbase={{convert|13|ft|8|in|3|abbr=on}}
|cylindersize={{convert|14|x|18|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} [[Bore (engine)|dia]] × [[stroke (engine)|stroke]]
|operator=[[Great Western Railway]]
|operatorclass=Sun
|gauge={{track gauge|7ft0.25in|lk=on}}
|designer=[[Daniel Gooch]]
|builder=various
}}
The [[Great Western Railway]] '''Sun Class''' were [[2-2-2]] [[broad gauge]] [[steam locomotive]]s for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service between April 1840 and January 1842, and withdrawn between January 1864 and June 1879.

A smaller-wheeled version of the [[GWR Firefly Class|Fire Fly Class]] for working trains on the hilly sections of line west of [[Swindon railway station|Swindon]], they did not prove heavy enough for the task and were later altered to become 2-2-2T tank locomotives. Later still ''Sun'', ''Hesperus'', ''Gazelle'', ''Wolf'', and ''Assagais'' were given higher pressure boilers and in this form ran until 1879; the last unrebuilt locomotive having been withdrawn in 1872.

From about 1865, the Sun Class was known as the '''Wolf Class'''.

==Locomotives==
* '''''Antelope''''' (1841 - 1870)
:Built by [[Sharp, Roberts and Company]], this locomotive was named after a fast animal, an [[antelope]]. It worked the first train from [[Teignmouth railway station|Teignmouth]] to [[Newton Abbot railway station|Newton]] on the [[South Devon Railway Company|South Devon Railway]] on 30 December 1846.
* '''''Assagais''''' (1841 - 1875)
:Built by [[Avonside Engine Company|Stothert and Slaughter]], this locomotive was named after an [[Assegai|African spear]]
* '''''Aurora''''' (1840 - 1866)
:Built by [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|R and W Hawthorn and Company]] with {{convert|14|x|18|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}, dia × stroke, cylinders, this locomotive was named after the goddess [[Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]].
* '''''Comet''''' (1840 - 1871)
:Built by R and W Hawthorn and Company with {{convert|14|x|18|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}, dia × stroke, cylinders, this locomotive was named after a fast moving heavenly body, a [[comet]].
* '''''Creese''''' (1842 - 1866)
:Built by Stothert and Slaughter, this locomotive was named after the [[Kris]], a short wavy dagger. 
* '''''Djerid''''' (1841 - 1870)
:Built by Stothert and Slaughter, this locomotive was named after a throwing spear, the [[Djerid (weapon)|djerid]].
* '''''Eclipse''''' (1840 - 1864)
:Built by R and W Hawthorn and Company.
* '''''Gazelle''''' (1841 - 1879)
:Built by Sharp, Roberts and Company, this locomotive was named after the swift animal, [[gazelle]].
* '''''Giraffe''''' (1841 - 1872)
:Built by Sharp, Roberts and Company, this locomotive was named after the tall animal, [[giraffe]].
* '''''Hesperus''''' (1841 - 1876)
:Built by R and W Hawthorn and Company with {{convert|14|x|18|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}, dia × stroke, and an experimental boiler, it was later rebuilt with a conventional one. It was named after [[Hesperus]] a character in Roman mythology.
* '''''Javelin''''' (1841 - 1870)
:Built by Stothert and Slaughter, this locomotive was named after a thrown weapon, a [[javelin]]. 
* '''''Lance''''' (1841 - 1870)
:Built by Stothert and Slaughter, the name is that of a thrown weapon, a [[lance]].
* '''''Meridian''''' (1840 - 1870)
:Built by R and W Hawthorn and Company.
* '''''Meteor''''' (1840 - 1864)
:Built by R and W Hawthorn and Company, this locomotive was named after a fast moving heavenly body, a [[Meteor]].
* '''''Rocket''''' (1841 - 1870)
:Built by Stothert and Slaughter, this locomotive was named after a swift projectile, a [[rocket]].
* '''''Stiletto''''' (1841 - 1870)
:Built by Stothert and Slaughter.
* '''''Sun''''' (1840 - 1873)
:Built by R and W Hawthorn and Company, this locomotive was named after the [[Sun]].
* '''''Sunbeam''''' (1840 - 1870)
:Built by R and W Hawthorn and Company.
* '''''Wolf''''' (1841 - 1873)
:Built by Sharp, Roberts and Company, this locomotive was named after the strong animal, [[wolf]].
* '''''Yataghan''''' (1841 - 1871)
:Built by Stothert and Slaughter.
* '''''Zebra''''' (1841 - 1871)
:Built by Sharp, Roberts and Company, this locomotive was named after the fast animal, the [[zebra]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{RCTS-LocosGWR-2|pages=B15–B16}}
* {{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}}

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[[Category:Great Western Railway locomotives|Sun]]
[[Category:2-2-2 locomotives]]
[[Category:Broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotives]]
[[Category:Sharp Stewart locomotives]]
[[Category:Avonside locomotives]]
[[Category:Hawthorn locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1840]]
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]
[[Category:Passenger locomotives]]