Locomotives named ''Ajax'' have included:
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L&MR 29 ''Ajax'' (1832), an 0-2-2
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L&SR ''Ajax'' (1838), an 0-4-2
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GWR ''Ajax'' (1838), a broad gauge
Premier class 0-6-0; withdrawn 1871.
* KFNB
''Ajax'' (Jones, Turner and Evans, 1841), one of a pair of 0-4-2 locomotive built for the
Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway
The Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (german: Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn; cs, Severní dráha císaře Ferdinanda; pl, Kolej Północna Cesarza Ferdynanda) was the name of a former railway company during the time of the Austrian Empire. Its m ...
, believed to be the oldest preserved steam locomotive on the European mainland; displayed in the
Technisches Museum Wien
The Vienna Technical Museum (german: Technisches Museum Wien) is located in Vienna (Austria), in the Penzing district, at Mariahilferstraße 212.
The decision to establish a technical museum was made in 1908, and construction of the building sta ...
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L&SWR 41 ''Ajax'' (Jones, Turner & Evans, 1841) a Hercules I class 0-4-2 goods locomotive
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MS&LR 24 ''Ajax'' (1846), a 2-2-2 locomotive
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ELR 17 (1847), a Pegasus class
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SSR 21 (1855)
*L&SWR 41 ''Ajax'' (Nine Elms, 1855) a Hercules II class 2-4-0, withdrawn 1883
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LC&DR ''Ajax'' (1860) a
Dido class 0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This was the most common wheel arrangemen ...
, later numbered 144
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SDR ''Ajax'', (Slaughter, Grüning & Co. 395 of 1860) one of the eight
South Devon Railway Dido class
The eight ''Dido'' class locomotives were broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains wh ...
broad gauge 0-6-0ST locomotives, later GWR 2149; withdrawn 1884.
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Logan and Hemingway
Logan may refer to:
Places
* Mount Logan (disambiguation)
Australia
* Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud
* Logan City, local gove ...
(civil engineering contractors) 5 ''Ajax'' (1864), later sold to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
*L&SWR 41 ''Ajax'' (Nine Elms 124 of 1874) a Vesuvius II class 2-4-0 passenger locomotive
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L&NWR
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom.
In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lon ...
509 (Crewe Works 2799 of 1885), a
Dreadnought class 2-2-2-0 passenger locomotive scrapped in 1904.
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Woolwich Arsenal ''Ajax'', an 18-inch gauge 0-4-0T
*L&NWR 639 ''Ajax'' (Crewe Works 4445 of 1904), an
LNWR Precursor class 4-4-0, later LMS 5190; withdrawn 1928
*''Ajax'' (Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. 1605 of 1918), an 0-6-T preserved on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway as their No. 38
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LMSR 6139 Ajax (North British Locomotive Co. 23634 of 1927), an
LMS Royal Scot Class
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927. Originally having parallel boilers, all members were later rebuilt with tapered type 2A boilers, and were in ef ...
4-6-0 express locomotive, Renamed ''The Welch Regiment'' in 1936, rebuilt in 1946 and withdrawn 1962
*LMS 5689 Ajax (Crewe Works 287
econd seriesof 1936), an
LMS Jubilee Class
The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for main line passenger work. 191 locomotives were built between 1934 and 1936. They were built concurrently with the similar looking LMS Stanie ...
express locomotive, withdrawn 1964
*Chatham Dockyard Trust ''Ajax'' (Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns 7042 of 1941), built for
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham (at its most extensive, in the early 20th century, ...
. Preserved.
*BR D446, later 50046 (English Electric 3816 and Vulcan Foundry D1187 of 1968), one of the fifty
class 50s, all of which were named after warships
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