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GWR 4300 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1911· class of 342 two-cylinder 2-6-0 locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 4317 at Swan Village: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
  2. 2. GWR Churchward 43XX 5322 (8269473647): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. Ashchurch 9 railway station 1717949 86f47215: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. Hugh llewelyn 5358 (7852380540): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 5370 at West Bromwich: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. Up local coal train at Wrexham General station: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. Image from page 331 of "Railway and locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock" (1901) GWR mogul: Internet Archive Book Images· CC0
  8. 8. Swindon locomotive testing plant (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
  9. 9. Hugh llewelyn 7325 (6240789503): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. LMS 8F 2-8-0 8233 & GWR 2-6-0, Bewdley, SVR June 1979 Slides097 (10256713156): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
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GWR 4300 Class, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The GWR 4300 Class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway for mixed traffic duties. A total of 342 were built between 1911 and 1932.

who runs it

Great Western RailwayBritish RailRailway Operating DivisionWestern Region of British Railways

base stats

  • weight 63 tin working order
  • built 342made in total

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 115 years ago, in 1911.
  • Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 53 years (1911–1964).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1911–1932
in service from
1911
retired
1964
status
preserved
number built
342
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Robert Stephenson and Company, Swindon Works
designer
George Jackson Churchward
operators
Great Western Railway, British Rail, Railway Operating Division, Western Region of British Railways
top speed
—
power
—
wheel arrangement
2-6-0
length
17.7 m
weight
63 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q5514971, Wikipedia: GWR 4300 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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