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GWR 3100 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1906· class of 5 two-cylinder 2-6-2T locomotives, rebuilt from 3150 class
what is it?
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 3100 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 22 years (1938–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906
- in service from
- 1938
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Churchward , (rebuilt by Collett)
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2T
- length
- 12.5 m
- weight
- 82.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514929, Wikipedia: GWR 3100 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.