GWR 2251 Class

GWR 2251 Class

3203 at Newent 1959
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Charles Collett
Builder GWR Swindon Works
Build date 1930–1948
Total produced 120
Specifications
Configuration 0-6-0
UIC classification C h
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m)
Minimum curve 4 1⁄2 chains (297 ft; 91 m) normal,
4 chains (264 ft; 80 m) slow
Length 53 ft 8 1⁄4 in (16.36 m)
Width 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Height 12 ft 8 1⁄2 in (3.87 m)
Axle load 15 long tons 15 cwt (35,300 lb or 16 t) full
Locomotive weight 43 long tons 8 cwt (97,200 lb or 44.1 t) full
Tender weight 36 long tons 15 cwt (82,300 lb or 37.3 t) full
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 5 long tons 0 cwt (11,200 lb or 5.1 t)
Water capacity 3,000 imp gal (14,000 l; 3,600 US gal)
Boiler pressure 200 lbf/in2 (1.38 MPa)
Firegrate area 17.40 sq ft (1.617 m2)
Heating surface:
– Tubes		 1,069 sq ft (99.3 m2)
– Firebox 102 sq ft (9.5 m2)/
Superheater type 4-element or 6-element
Superheater area 4-element: 52.98 sq ft (4.922 m2),
6-element: 70.00 sq ft (6.503 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 17.5 in × 24 in (444 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 20,155 lbf (89.65 kN)
Career
Operator(s) GWR » BR
Power class GWR: B,
BR: 3MT
Number(s) 2251–2299, 2200–2250, 3200–3219
Axle load class Yellow
Withdrawn 1958–1965
Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2251 Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotive designed for medium-powered freight. They were introduced in 1930 as a replacement for the earlier Dean Goods 0-6-0s and built up to 1948.

Overview

In many ways, the 2251s were modernised Dean Goods, sharing the main dimensions, but having more modern features such as taper boilers and full cabs. Increases in both boiler pressure and heating surface gave a useful increase in power at the expense of weight that restricted permitted routes. Numbers 2211–2230, built in 1940 did not have side windows. Designed by Charles Collett for medium freight and passenger duties they had 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m) driving wheels. Carrying a maximum of 3,000 imperial gallons (14,000 l; 3,600 US gal) of water to fuel a boiler operating at 200 psi (1.4 MPa) they developed 20,155 lbf (89.65 kN) of tractive effort. They could be found operating on most parts of the former GWR system. These were the first GWR 0-6-0 to use the standard number 10 boiler as later fitted to the 94xx, 15xx and various rebuilds of absorbed mainly Welsh locomotives.

They were withdrawn between 1958 and 1965.

Preservation

Preserved 3205 on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

One, 3205, has been preserved and is located on the South Devon Railway in Devon.[1]

Models

Peco and Bachmann Branchline manufacture models of the 2251 in N scale and OO gauge respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "GWR 0-6-0 No 3205". South Devon Railway. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  • Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western engines, names, numbers, types, classes: 1940 to preservation. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. pp. 23–24, 30, 102, 127. ISBN 0-902888-21-8. OCLC 815661.

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