#6327
LNWR Class G2A
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· class of 327 two-cylinder 0-8-0 locomotives rebuilt from Class G1
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 327
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- Charles Bowen Cooke
- operators
- London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- weight
- 63 t
- nicknames
- Super D
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459407, Wikipedia: LNWR Class G2A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.