The

Cambrian Railways The Cambrian Railways owned of track over a large area of mid Wales. The system was an amalgamation of a number of railways that were incorporated in 1864, 1865 and 1904. The Cambrian connected with two larger railways with connections to the ...

Class 89s were tender locomotives introduced by Jones in 1903 for general use over their system, upon grouping they became

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

class 15 and were reboilered from 1924 onwards with Swindon parts.

Building

The first batch of five locomotives were built by Robert Stephenson and Company (RS). Subsequent batches were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company (BP). The BP-built locomotives had cabs that extended over the full length of the footplate. Nos. 99–102 were numbered 15, 31, 42, 54 until October 1908.

Withdrawal

The first loco withdrawn by the GWR was 888 in May 1922. The first locos withdrawn by BR were 864 and 887 in November 1952 from Machynlleth and Oswestry sheds respectively. The last three locos in the class, 849 Machynlleth, 855, 895 Oswestry, were withdrawn in October 1954. None are preserved.

Models

A 7mm scale (O gauge) model is produced by Javelin Models.

References

* {{GWR absorbed locos 1922 on 089 0-6-0 locomotives Scrapped locomotives Beyer, Peacock locomotives Robert Stephenson and Company locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1903 Freight locomotives