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The GWR 455 Class, also called the "Metropolitan" or "Metro" Tanks, was a series of 140 2-4-0 tank locomotives built for the Great Western Railway, originally for their London suburban services, including running on the underground section of the Metropolitan Railway, the source of their nickname. Later on the class was seen on many other parts of the GWR system. Sixty "Metro" Tanks were built, from 1868 onwards, during the lifetime of their designer, Joseph Armstrong. His successor William Dean regarded the class so highly that he would add a further 80, the final 20 examples appearing as late as 1899. The "Metros" were all built at Swindon Works, in nine lots of ten or 20 engines each. ==Numbering== They were numbered as followed: * 455-470, 3-6 (Lot 18, 1869) * 613-632 (Lot 25, 1871) * 967-986 (Lot 38, 1874) * 1401-1420 (Lot 47, 1878) * 1445-1464 (Lot 57, 1881/2) * 1491-1500 (Lot 91, 1892) * 3561-3570 (Lot 96, 1894) * 3581-3590 (Lot 117, 1899) * 3591-3599, 3500 (Lot 119, 1899) Nos. 3-6 were briefly numbered 1096-1099 when new, and No. 3500 was numbered 3600 until December 1912. No. 3593 was rebuilt as a 2-4-2T in 1905. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「GWR 455 Class」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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