Gwr 4100 Class (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In 1897 the Great Western Railway (GWR) introduced the Badminton class express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives as a development from the earlier Duke class. The name Badminton was chosen after the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate, through which the GWR was building a new line to South Wales at the time.