#1983

GWR 5205 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1923· class of two-cylinder 2-8-0T locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. GWR 5205 Class: Northmetpit· Public domain
2. St Blazey Locomotive Depot 2075494 61d4f9b2: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
3. Railway engine by water column in Aberbeeg (1454568): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Railway engine by water column in Aberbeeg (1454569): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. GWR 5205 Class No. 5239 "Goliath" - August 2011: geswedey· Public domain
6. 5239 at Paignton station: Nilfanion· CC BY-SA 3.0
7. 5239 Ex-GWR 2-8-0T Valley Tank on the Torbay & Dartmouth Railway - 55468207385: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 4.0
8. 5239 Ex-GWR 2-8-0T Valley Tank on the Torbay & Dartmouth Railway: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 4.0
9. 5239 near Goodrington: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. 5239 Paignton (1): Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5205 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives.

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.

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

built: 1923–1940
in service from: 1923
retired: 1965
status: preserved
number built: 100
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: —
wheel arrangement: 2-8-0T

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

Sources: Wikidata Q5514988, Wikipedia: GWR 5205 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.