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- GWR_2021_Class abstract "The GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1905. 1897 was the very year of George Armstrong's retirement, so it is uncertain if the design should be attributed to him or to his superior at Swindon, William Dean.In fact the 2021s were simple enlargements of the Armstrong-designed 850 class of 1874. The changes were fundamentally confined to a longer wheelbase to permit fitting of a larger firebox.The class was built in eight batches: 2021-2030 (Lot D3, 1897) 2031-2040 (Lot F3, 1897-8) 2041-2060 (Lot G3, 1898-9) 2061-2080 (Lot H3, 1899-1900) 2081-2100 (Lot J3, 1900-01) 2101-2120 (Lot K3, 1902-3) 2121-2140 (Lot L3, 1903-4) 2141-2160 (Lot M3, 1904-5)Rebuilding with Belpaire fireboxes commenced in the early years of the Churchward era. Unsuccessful attempts to form a saddle tank around the firebox directly led to the switch to pannier tanks. The rebuilding of the whole class took place over many years. In their final form, with or without fully enclosed cabs, 110 of them survived into British Railways ownership, the last of them being retired in 1956. They were superseded by the short-lived GWR 1600 Class, nominally a Hawksworth design, but in reality a straightforward update of the then 75-year-old design, with new boiler, bigger cab and bunker.".
- GWR_2021_Class thumbnail Berkeley_Road_station_geograph-2566416-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg?width=300.
- GWR_2021_Class wikiPageID "10550909".
- GWR_2021_Class wikiPageRevisionID "529567931".
- GWR_2021_Class hasPhotoCollection GWR_2021_Class.
- GWR_2021_Class subject Category:0-6-0ST_locomotives.
- GWR_2021_Class subject Category:Great_Western_Railway_locomotives.
- GWR_2021_Class subject Category:Railway_locomotives_introduced_in_1897.
- GWR_2021_Class comment "The GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between 1897 and 1905. 1897 was the very year of George Armstrong's retirement, so it is uncertain if the design should be attributed to him or to his superior at Swindon, William Dean.In fact the 2021s were simple enlargements of the Armstrong-designed 850 class of 1874.".
- GWR_2021_Class label "GWR 2021 Class".
- GWR_2021_Class sameAs m.02qhkhq.
- GWR_2021_Class sameAs Q16987362.
- GWR_2021_Class sameAs Q16987362.
- GWR_2021_Class wasDerivedFrom GWR_2021_Class?oldid=529567931.
- GWR_2021_Class depiction Berkeley_Road_station_geograph-2566416-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg.
- GWR_2021_Class isPrimaryTopicOf GWR_2021_Class.