GWR Class 4300 2-6-0

 Built 1911-25. Designed by George J. Churchwood. Total Number Built - 342.
Introduced 1911. Churchwood GWR design.
(a) 7301-7304 Introduced 1925. With detail alterations affecting weight.
(b) 9300-9319 Introduced 1932 with side-window cabs and detail alterations. Renumbered as 7322-7341 respectively in the period October 1956 to May 1959 after further detail alterations to reduce weight.

6320 was converted to oil burning in March 1947 retaining its number, but was reconverted back to coal in August 1949.

Number Series 4300-4399, 5300-5399, 6300-6399, 7300-7321, 9300-9319.

Built at Great Western Railway Swindon Works and Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd (6370-99, 7300-7304).

4301-4320 Lot No. 183 1911
4321-4330 Lot No. 193 1913
4331-4340 Lot No. 194 1913
4341-4342 Lot No. 198 1913
4343-4360 Lot No. 198 1914
4361-4380 Lot No. 202 1915
4300 Lot No. 204 1916
4381-4399 Lot No. 204 1916
5300-5304 Lot No. 205 1916
5305-5309 Lot No. 205 1917
5310-5329 Lot No. 206 1917
5330-5337 Lot No. 207 1917
5338-5349 Lot No. 207 1918
5350-5359 Lot No. 208 1918
5360-5369 Lot No. 208 1919
5370-5379 Lot No. 209 1919
5380-5389 Lot No. 209 1920
5390-5399 Lot No. 211 1920
6300-6306 Lot No. 211 1920
6307-6317 Lot No. 211 1921
6318-6341 Lot No. 212 1921
6370-6399 Lot No. E114 1921
7300-7302 Lot No. E114 1921
7303-7304 Lot No. E114 1922
7305-7318 Lot No. 222 1921
7319 Lot No. 222 1922
6342-6361 Lot No. 216 1923
6362-6369 Lot No. 230 1925
7320-7321 Lot No. 230 1925
9300-9319 Lot No. 276 1932

Swindon Lot No. 218 was issued for RS order E114.
6362-6324 were to be numbered 7322-7324 according to the GWR allocation lists.

The first withdrawals were made by the GWR in February 1936 when 4309/13/31/32/64 were condemmed. The first British Railway withdrawals were made in April 1948 when 4365 and 4386 were condemmed from Westbury and Birkenhead sheds respectively. The last locos were withdrawn in November 1964 when 6395 and 7318 were condemmed from Hereford and Gloucester sheds respectively. Some are preserved.

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GWR 4300 Class - 9303 in British Railway Black Livery.

Motive Power Details - GWR 4300 Class

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


Class  Region  Wheels       Class Name            Designer
4300    GWR    2-6-0                              Churchwood

Weight:
Loco  62 tons  0 cwt            Driving Wheel: 5' 8"
      64 tons  0 cwt (a)
      65 tons  6 cwt (b)
Tend  40 tons  0 cwt            Boil Press: 200lb/sq in Su
Cylinders:                      Valve Gear: Stephenson (piston valves)
Two 18«" x 30" (outside)        TE: 25,670 lb
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Last revised: 16 December 1998