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Fire Fly
Replica of the Great Western Railway Gooch 7 foot gauge "Priam" Class, or “Firefly” Class 2-2-2 "Fire Fly”.
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Designer
Daniel Gooch
Builder
Jones, Turner and Evans (6)
Sharp, Roberts and Company (10)
Fenton, Murray and Jackson (20)
G. and J. Rennie (2)
R. B. Longridge and Company (6)
Stothert, Slaughter and Company (2)
Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company (16)
Build date
1840–1842
Total produced
62
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
2-2-2
Gauge
7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)
Leading dia.
4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Driver dia.
7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Trailing dia.
4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Wheelbase
13 ft 2 in (4.013 m)
Cylinder size
15 in × 18 in (381 mm × 457 mm) dia x stroke later 16-by-20-inch (406 mm × 508 mm)
Career
Operators
Great Western Railway
Class
Fire Fly, or Priam
Disposition
Original 62 withdrawn and scrapped, new replica built in 2005
The Firefly was a class of broad gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. The class was introduced into service between March 1840 and December 1842, and withdrawn between December 1863 and July 1879.
Following the success of the Star class locomotives introduced to the Great Western Railway by Daniel Gooch, Gooch set to work to develop a new class based on North Star, but with larger boilers. The result was the Fire Fly, later followed by 61 similar locomotives designated the same class.
From about 1865, the Fire Fly Class locomotives became part of the Priam Class, along with the Prince Class locomotives.
The original Fire Fly is said to have covered the 30.75 miles (49.49 km) from Twyford to London Paddington in 37 minutes, an average speed of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), which was unprecedented in 1840.
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