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GWR 2884 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1938· class of 83 two-cylinder 2-8-0 locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. GWR Class 2884 No 2885 2-8-0 (6761025903): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  2. 2. 3803 Neath (87A) 15-4-63 (38853161371): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. GWR Collett 3823 (8148087067): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 3837 Swindon Works 10-03=63 (38521359276): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 3840 Banbury MPD '64 (24314227517): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. GWR Collett 3857 (8145148525): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. Cheltenham Racecourse railway station in 2004: Peter Whatley· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. 3850 at Toddington, May 2014: Gwsralex· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. GWR 2884 Class 3850 Winchcombe Station (1): BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
  10. 10. GWR 2884 Class 3850 Winchcombe Station (2): BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
GWR 2884 Class, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2884 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive. They were Collett's development of Churchward's earlier 2800 Class and are sometimes regarded as belonging to that class.

who runs it

Great Western RailwayBritish RailWestern Region of British Railways

base stats

  • weight 77.2 tin working order
  • built 83made 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
  • Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 27 years (1938–1965).

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

spec sheet

built
1938–1942
in service from
1938
retired
1965
status
preserved
number built
83
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Swindon Works
designer
Charles Collett
operators
Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
2-8-0
length
19.2 m
weight
77.2 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q5514923, Wikipedia: GWR 2884 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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