MarketSouth Devon Railway Tornado class
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South Devon Railway Tornado class

The four Tornado class locomotives were 0-6-0ST broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required.

Locomotives
Goliah (1855 – 1885) GWR no. 2141 • :This locomotive was named after a biblical character, Goliath. • Sampson (1855 – 1884) GWR no. 2142 • :This locomotive was named after Samson, a biblical character associated with Goliath. • Tornado (1854 – 1884) GWR no. 2139 • :On 13 March 1860 Tornado was working a goods train at Totnes when its boiler exploded, killing the driver. It was also notorious for being the locomotive of a runaway china clay train at Burngullow on the Cornwall Railway on 29 October 1872. • :A tornado is a kind of wind. • Volcano (1854 – 1877) GWR no. 2140 • :A volcano is a mountain that erupts magma. == References ==
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