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GWR 5800 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1933· class of 20 British 0-4-2T locomotives
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- 1. GWR 5800 Class No. 5815: Alan Murray-Rust· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5800 Class was a class of twenty 0-4-2T steam tank locomotives. They were built by the GWRs Swindon Works in 1933 and were used for light branch line work. They were similar to the GWR 1400 Class, but lacked the equipment for working autotrains.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 23 years (1933–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1933
- in service from
- 1933
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- Charles Collett
- operators
- British Rail, Great Western Railway, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2T
- length
- 8.8 m
- weight
- 41.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514992, Wikipedia: GWR 5800 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.