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GWR 2301 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1883· class of 260 British two-cylinder 0-6-0 locomotives

9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. The British Army in France 1939-40 O1842: Keating G (Lt), War Office official photographer· Public domain
2. At Swindon Steam Railway Museum 2024 071: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. At Swindon Steam Railway Museum 2024 073: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. At Swindon Steam Railway Museum 2024 074: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. At Swindon Steam Railway Museum 2024 075: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. At Swindon Steam Railway Museum 2024 076: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. At Swindon Steam Railway Museum 2024 077: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Last goods train to use the Llangynog-Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant branch line (1453374): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Last goods train to use the Llangynog-Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant branch line (1453375): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives. Swindon Works built 260 of these goods locomotives between 1883 and 1899 to a design of William Dean. The 2301 class broke with previous GWR tradition in having inside frames only and changes were made in the boiler design during the period that they were being built.

who runs it

Great Western Railway British Rail Société nationale des chemins de fer français War Department Railway Operating Division Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Western Region of British Railways

base stats

built 260made 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 143 years ago, in 1883.

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

spec sheet

built: 1883–1899
retired: 1957
status: preserved
number built: 260
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: Swindon Works
designer: William Dean
operators: Great Western Railway, British Rail, Société nationale des chemins de fer français, War Department, Railway Operating Division, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Western Region of British Railways
top speed: —
power: —
wheel arrangement: 0-6-0

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

Sources: Wikidata Q645512, Wikipedia: GWR 2301 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.