The name Acheron comes from a Greek river and had previously been carried by a Fire Fly Class locomotive.
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:Built by Slaughter, Grüning and Company, This locomotive was named after Timothy Hackworth, a famous engineer.
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In broad gauge times trains changed engines at Newton Abbot with 4-4-0 saddle tanks of the South Devon Railway and later 2-4-0 saddle tanks of the GWR hauling trains over the steep gradients to Plymouth.