Locomotive Class
Class 101 Holden Tank
Class: Class 101 Holden Tank
Type: Steam
Designer: James Holden
Weight: 25 tons - Estimated
Purpose: Experimental design
Information: This 0-4-0T was a one off experimental oil burning locomotive built at Swindon Works under the direction of William Dean’s Chief Engineer, James Holden in 1901
Details: This unique 0-4-0T was originally built as an oil burning locomotive to demonstrate the economies of oil burning technology. James Holden worked at Swindon under the direction of William Dean was subsequently better known for his work with the Great Eastern Railway.
No. 101 employed a complex firebox and valve gear. The locomotive was intended for light passenger service on the Wrington Vale Light Railway near Bristol. Due to technical issues associated with design the locomotive never left Swindon Works where she languished until 1905, at which time GWR made the decision to rebuild the locomotive as a conventional coal burning tank engine.
As a non-standard design the locomotive appears to have been with-drawn and scrapped in 1911.
John Faulkner
Class 101 Holden Tank Releases (24)
Class 101 Holden Tank Images (24)
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0-4-0T Private Owner Locomotive 105
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G.W.R. 0-4-0 Class 101 1835 - 2010 Locomotive - G.W.R. 175 Celebration Model 101
G.W.R. 150 0-4-0T Locomotive 101
G.W.R. Diesel Freight Pack (Holden Tank) 104
H.A.R. Wood & Co 0-4-0T Locomotive 4
Hornby Special 0-4-0T Locomotive None
Lion Works 0-4-0T Locomotive 6
Lynne & Co Collieries 0-4-0T Locomotive 101
Pendle Forest Model Railway Society 0-4-0 Locomotive 30
Portnov Collieries 0-4-0T Locomotive 856
Tolgus Tin Company 0-4-0T Locomotive No.1
