- GWR 2301 Class
Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = GWR 2301 Class
caption = 2516 preserved as a static exhibit in the Swindon steam museum
designer = William Dean
builder = GWR
builddate = 1883 to 1899
totalproduction = 280
whytetype = 0-6-0
gauge = 4' 8½"
leadingsize =
driversize = 5' 2"
length =
weight = Engine: 36 tons 16 cwt
Tender: 34 tons 5 cwt
fueltype = coal
fuelc
waterc
cylindercount = two inside
cylindersize = 17" x 24" or 17½" x 24"
firearea =
boilerpressure = 180 psi
tractiveeffort = 17,120 lbf or 18,140 lbf
railroadclass= |The
Great Western Railway (GWR) 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class ofsteam locomotive .Overview
Wolverhampton railway works built 280 of these locomotives between1883 and1899 to a design ofWilliam Dean . The class had the0-6-0 wheel arrangement. The 2301 class broke with previous GWR tradition in having inside frames only and changes were made in the boiler design during the period that they were being built. The first twenty engines were originally domeless though all were provided with domed boilers in due course. They were numbered 2301-2580.World War II
Some of these locomotives were requisitioned by the War Department during
World War II for war service at home and abroad. A few worked on theShropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway in the 1940s.British Railways
Fifty-four locomotives passed to
British Railways in 1948 but they were soon scrapped and their duties taken over by the more modern 2251 Class.Preservation
One locomotive, no. 2516 (built
1897 ), survived into preservation. It is currently a static exhibit atSwindon Steam Railway Museum .External links
* [http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=2301 Rail UK database]
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