0-6-0PT Class 2721 GWR Profile and Models
2752 at Southall circa 1925. ©John Law
The GWR 2721 Class was a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. They were designed by William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1901. They were not a new design, being a straightforward development of the 120-strong 1854 Class dating back to 1890. The biggest change was the fitting of a Belpaire firebox necessitating a pair of pannier tanks, as the square-topped firebox is not compatible with a curved saddle tank. Forty-three of them survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948, by which time all had been rebuilt with pannier tanks. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Steam |
Builder |
GWR Swindon Works |
Build Date |
1897 to 1901 |
Total Built |
80 |
Tractive Effort |
Unknown |
Wheel Configuration |
0-6-0PT |
Operated By |
Great Western Railway British Railways |
Main Duties |
Passenger services |
In Service Until |
1950 |
Surviving Examples |
0 |
Products awaiting categorisation
Scale | Brand | Image | Construction Type | DCC Capability | Product Code | Product Title | Livery |
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OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Martin Finney | Requires assembly | Not set |
L7 View |
GWR 1854/2721 0-60-PT Steam locomotive kit | Awaiting Categorisation | |
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) | Vulcan Engineering kits | RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled | Not set |
VLK2021 View |
GWR Class 2721 Pannier tank - whitemetal kit | Awaiting Categorisation |