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GWR 2021 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1897· class of 140 British 0-6-0ST (later 0-6-0PT) locomotives
what is it?
The GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1905. 1897 was the very year of George Armstrong's retirement, so it is uncertain if the design should be attributed to him or to his superior at Swindon, William Dean.
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
- First built 129 years ago, in 1897.
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 60 years (1897–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897–1905
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 140
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Wolverhampton railway works
- designer
- George Armstrong
- operators
- Great Western Railway, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16987362, Wikipedia: GWR 2021 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.