GWR Class 2800 2-8-0

 Built 1903-1942. Designed by George J. Churchwood. Total Number Built - 167.
2800-2883 Introduced 1903. Churchward GWR design. Earlier locos subsequently fitted with new boilers & superheaters.

(a) 2884-2899, 3800-3866 Introduced 1938. Collett locos with side-window cabs & detail alterations.

2832/34/39/45/47-49/53/54/62/63/72/88 3813/18/20/31/37/39/65
were converted for oil burning in 1946-47 and renumbered
4806/04/08/09/11/07/03/10/01/02/05/00/50/55/52/56/57/54/53/51 respectively,
but were reconverted back to coal burning in 1948-49 and rebumbered back to their original number series.

The first withdrawal was the first of the class 2800, in April 1958 and the last loco 3836, was withdrawn from Bristol Barrow Road shed in November 1965. Some are preserved.

Number Series 2800-2899, 3800-3866.

Built at Great Western Railway Swindon Works.

2800 Lot No. 139 1903
2801-2810 Lot No. 153 1905
2811-2920 Lot No. 155 1905
2821-2930 Lot No. 160 1907
2831-2935 Lot No. 181 1911
2836-2845 Lot No. 186 1912
2846-2949 Lot No. 190 1912
2850-2855 Lot No. 190 1913
2856-2875 Lot No. 210 1918
2876-2883 Lot No. 210 1919
2884-2899 Lot No. 321 1938
3800-3802 Lot No. 321 1938
3803 Lot No. 321 1939
3804-3813 Lot No. 328 1939
3814-3823 Lot No. 328 1940
3824-3831 Lot No. 334 1940
3832-3833 Lot No. 334 1941
383 Lot No. 341 1941
3835-3843 Lot No. 341 1942
3844-3866 Lot No. 346 1942

Unless stated otherwise, Photographs in this section are © copyright of Milburn Associates.

[3850] [JPEG Image of 3850 size 26K]

GWR 2800 Class - 3850 in British Railway's Black Lined Livery Ex-Works Outside Swindon Works in August 1963.

Motive Power Details - GWR 2800 Class

Data taken from the PC TOPS Steam Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates 


Class  Region  Wheels       Class Name            Designer
2800    GWR    2-8-0                              Churchwood

Weight:
Loco  75 tons 10 cwt            Driving Wheel: 4' 7«"
      76 tons  5 cwt (a)
Tend  40 tons  0 cwt            Boil Press: 225lb/sq in Su
Cylinders:                      Valve Gear: Stephenson (piston valves)
Two 18«" x 30" (outside)        TE: 35,380 lb
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Last revised: 15 December 1998