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GWR 4200 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1910· class of 105 two-cylinder 2-8-0T locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. GWR Class 42xx No 4270 Arley: PeterSkuce· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. GWR 4200 Class 4277 Hercules: David Jones· CC BY 2.0
  3. 3. GWR Churchward 42XX 4248 (8267897322): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 4252 Neath 15-4-63 (27076754579): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. GWR Churchward 42XX 4253 (8266830073): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Hugh llewelyn 4255 (7865808542): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 4275 Glyn Neath 15-4-63 (39319848492): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. 5204 Neath 15-4-63 (29356153984): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Image from page 335 of "Railway and locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock" (1901) GWR: Internet Archive Book Images· CC0
  10. 10. GWR Class 2-8-0T 4270: Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
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GWR 4200 Class, photo 1 of 10
1/10 PeterSkuce· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4200 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives.

who runs it

Great Western RailwayWestern Region of British Railways

base stats

  • weight 82.3 tin working order
  • built 105made 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 116 years ago, in 1910.
  • Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 55 years (1910–1965).

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

spec sheet

built
1910–1923
in service from
1910
retired
1965
status
preserved
number built
105
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Swindon Works
designer
G. J. Churchward
operators
Great Western Railway, Western Region of British Railways
top speed
—
power
—
wheel arrangement
2-8-0T
length
12.2 m
weight
82.3 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q5514965, Wikipedia: GWR 4200 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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