Locomotive no 103: "La France" de Glehn compound engine, built c1902. The use of 4 cylinder engines on the GWR came about after the Chief Mechanical Engineer George Jackson Churchward took over from William Dean in 1902. Churchward bought a French-built De Glehn compound engine No 102 "La France" in 1903 for comparative tests.
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