LNWR Class G2A

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LNWR Class G2A
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Class G2A No. 9376 at Crewe, 2 May 1948
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Charles Bowen Cooke
Number rebuilt327 (from G1)
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-8-0
   UIC D h2
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 5+12 in (1.359 m)
Loco weight62 long tons 0 cwt (138,900 lb or 63 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure175 psi (1.21 MPa)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 20+12 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm)
Valve type Joy
Performance figures
Tractive effort 28,045 lbf (124.8 kN)
Career
Operators LNWR  » LMS  » BR
Power classBR: 7F
NicknamesSuper D

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G2A was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. They were upgraded from LNWR Class G1 principally by the fitting of a higher pressure boiler. Some of the G2As subsequently received lower pressure boilers on overhaul, taking them back into Class G1.

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Numbering

On nationalisation in 1948, British Railways (BR) received 320 G2As, thus making them the largest ex-LNWR class received by BR. They were numbered in the range 48893–49394 but the number series is not continuous because some numbers in the same range were given to G1 Class locomotives. [1]

Preservation

None were preserved, although a very similar LNWR Class G2 No. 49395 was.

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References

  1. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, pp 39-40

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