The
London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G2A was a class of
0-8-0 steam locomotives. They were upgraded from
LNWR Class G1
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G1 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. It was a superheated version of the LNWR Class G with 8 inch piston valves. The prototype was rebuilt in 1912 from a member of Class G and a f ...
principally by the fitting of a higher pressure
boiler
A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated. The fluid does not necessarily boil. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications, including water heating, centr ...
. Some of the G2As subsequently received lower pressure boilers on overhaul, taking them back into Class G1.
Numbering
On
nationalisation in 1948,
British Railways (BR) received 320 G2As, thus making them the largest ex-LNWR class received by BR. They were numbered in the range 48893–49394 but the number series is not continuous because some numbers in the same range were given to
G1 Class locomotives.
[Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, pp 39-40]
Preservation
None were preserved, although a very similar
LNWR Class G2 No. 49395 was.
References
Further reading
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Bob Essery
Robert J. "Bob" Essery (22 November 1930 – 23 November 2021) was a British railway modeller and historian with a particular interest in the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and one of its principal constituents, the Midland Railway (MR) ...
&
David Jenkinson
David Jenkinson (6 August 1934 – 27 April 2004) was a railway modeller and historian, who had a particular interest in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and was president of the LMS Society.
Biography
Jenkinson was born in Le ...
''An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions''
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Edward Talbot, ''The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines''
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Willie Yeadon
Willie Brayshaw Yeadon (28 June 1907 – 16 January 1997), was a British railway historian known for his ''magnum opus'', ''Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives'' and other works.
Biography
Willie Yeadon was born in Yeadon, West Riding of York ...
, ''Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines''
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0-8-0 locomotives
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
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