GWR 2201 Class
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{{Infobox locomotive
|powertype=Steam
|name = GWR 2201 Class
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|designer = Joseph Armstrong
|builder = GWR
|builddate = 1881 to 1882
|ordernumber = Lot 56
|serialnumber = 866–885
|totalproduction = 20
|whytetype = {{whyte|2-4-0}}
|gauge = {{track gauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}}
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|driverdiameter = {{convert|6|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}
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|fueltype = Coal
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|cylindercount = Two, inside
|cylindersize = {{convert|17|x|24|in|0|abbr=on}}
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The GWR 2201 Class was a class of {{track gauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}} {{whyte|2-4-0}} steam locomotives built at Swindon Works under the aegis of William Dean for express passenger service on the Great Western Railway.{{sfnb|MacDermot|1982|p=289}} Built in 1881–82, they were numbered 2201 to 2220.
Design
They were ssentially a continuation of Joseph Armstrong's 806 Class of 1873. They differed from the originals in having a cab and a domeless boiler from the start.{{sfnb|Tabor|1956|pp=D32-D35}}
Use
The 2201s were widely distributed over the GWR system. Members of the class were in use on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway around 1910.[http://www.gwr.org.uk/nodns2.html The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (2)] They were all withdrawn by the end of 1921.
References
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Sources
- {{RCTS-LocosGWR-1|year=1968}}
- {{cite book |last=Tabor |first=F.J. |editor-last=White |editor-first=D.E. |title=The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part four: Six-wheeled Tender Engines |date=February 1956 |publisher=RCTS |location=Kenilworth }}
- {{cite book |last=MacDermot |first=E.T. |year=1982 |origyear=1964 |title=History of the Great Western Railway, volume 2, 1863-1921 |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=0-7110-0412-9}}
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Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1881