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Hurricane

Power type	Steam
Designer	T E Harrison
Builder	R & W Hawthorn & Co.
Configuration	2-2-2+6
Gauge	7 ft 0¼ in (2,140 mm)
Leading wheel size	4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m)
Driver size	10 feet 0 inches (3.05 m)
Trailing wheel size	4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m)
Wheelbase	15 feet 9 inches (4.80 m)
Cylinder size	16" x 20" 410mm x 510mm

Hurricane was one of a pair of very different locomotives built for the Great Western Railway by R and W Hawthorn and Company. In order to meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel's strict specifications, a 2-2-2 frame carried the 'engine', while the boiler was on a separate six-wheeled frame.

It ran for just 10,527 miles, but after withdrawal the boiler was used on a new Pyracmon Class goods locomotive, Bacchus.

See also

Thunderer

References

• The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-906867-90-8. 
• Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.