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 2516 preserved as a static exhibit in the Swindon steam museum |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | William Dean |
| Builder | GWR |
| Build date | 1883 to 1899 |
| Total production | 280 |
| Configuration | 0-6-0 |
| Gauge | 4' 8½" |
| Driver size | 5' 2" |
| Locomotive weight | Engine: 36 tons 16 cwt Tender: 34 tons 5 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 180 psi |
| Cylinders | two inside |
| Cylinder size | 17" x 24" or 17½" x 24" |
| Tractive effort | 17,120 lbf or 18,140 lbf |
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of steam locomotive.
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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.
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