2-8-0 Class 30xx GWR ROD Profile and Models

2-8-0 Class 30xx GWR ROD

3042 near Haresfield in August 1949. ©Ben Brooksbank

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 3000 Class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive consisting of the ex-Railway Operating Division ROD 2-8-0. The GWR borrowed several ROD 2-8-0s during the First World War but these were returned to the government after the end of the war. In 1919, GWR bought 20 virtually new RODs, and numbered them 3000-19. A further 84 were hired in July 1919, and were numbered 3020-99 and 6000-3, but these were returned in October 1922. In 1925, the GWR bought 80 engines (including some previously hired) and numbered them 3020-99.

(Information provided by Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

North British Locomotive Company
Robert Stephenson & Co.
Nasmyth, Wilson and Co
Kitson and Co.
Great Central Railway Gorton Works

Build Date

1917 - 1918

Total Built

521 ROD 2-8-0 Built - 50 Overhauled by GWR to 30xx

Tractive Effort

32,200 lbf

Wheel Configuration

2-8-0

Operators

Railway Operating Division
Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Heavy Freight

In Service Until

1958

Surviving Examples

0

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Keyser (K's) L5Keyser LNER/GC ROD 2-8-0 Kit Requires assembly Not set L5Keyser
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LNER/GC ROD 2-8-0 Kit Unpainted
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Nu-Cast NC005Kit GWR/LNER (ex ROD) 30xx/O4 2-8-0 Loco and Tender Kit Requires assembly Not set NC005Kit
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GWR/LNER (ex ROD) 30xx/O4 2-8-0 Loco and Tender Kit Awaiting Categorisation