GWR 2900 Class 2999 Lady of Legend

what is it?

GWR 2900 Saint Class 2999 Lady of Legend is a British "new-build" 4-6-0 steam locomotive completed in 2019. It is a 4-6-0 standard gauge locomotive built to a 1902 design by George Jackson Churchward. It was constructed by the Great Western Society using the frames and boiler of 4900 Hall Class 4942 Maindy Hall at Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire, where it is now based.

base stats

• built 78made 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 7 years ago, in 2019.
• 📏19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built

2019

in service from

2019

status

in service

number built

78

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

The Saint Project

designer

George Jackson Churchward

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-6-0

length

19.2 m

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