GWR 2301 Class

Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = GWR 2301 Class

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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 of steam locomotive.

Overview

Wolverhampton railway works built 280 of these locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean. The class had the 0-6-0 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 the Shropshire 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 at Swindon Steam Railway Museum.

External links

* [http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=2301 Rail UK database]