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GWR 7200 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1934· class of 54 2-8-2T locomotives rebuilt from 4200 and 5205 class 2-8-0T locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. GWR 7200 No. 7202 at the Didcot Railway Centre - August 2018 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
  2. 2. GWR Collett 7235 (8155474107): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. 7250 Radyr 13-4-63 (39017576052): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 7200 GWR 2-8-2T: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. GWR 7200 72XX 2-8-2T (8783734353): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. GWR Collett "72XX" Class 2-8-2T No.7200: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. GWR 2-8-2T 7202 & wagons, GWS Didcot August 1979 Slides132 (9940080305): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. GWR 2-8-2T 7202 (1934) in workshop, GWS Didcot , January 2008 P1050107 (9940091116): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. GWR 7200 No. 7202 at the Didcot Railway Centre - August 2018 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. GWR 72XX class No 7202 at Didcot: Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
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GWR 7200 Class, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7200 Class is a class of 2-8-2T steam locomotive. They were the only 2-8-2Ts built and used by a British railway, and the largest tank engines to run on the Great Western Railway.

who runs it

Great Western RailwayWestern Region of British Railways

base stats

  • weight 93.5 tin working order
  • built 54made 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
  • Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 13.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 31 years (1934–1965).

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

spec sheet

built
1934
in service from
1934
retired
1965
status
retired
number built
54
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Swindon Works
designer
Charles Collett (Rebuilds)
operators
Great Western Railway, Western Region of British Railways
top speed
—
power
—
wheel arrangement
2-8-2T
length
13.4 m
weight
93.5 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q5515004, Wikipedia: GWR 7200 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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