0-8-0 Class G2A Super D LNWR Profile and Models

0-8-0 Class G2A Super D LNWR

9376 at Crewe Works in May 1948. ©Ben Brooksbank

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 principally by the fitting of a higher pressure boiler. Some of the G2As subsequently received lower pressure boilers on overhaul, taking them back into Class G1. 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. None were preserved, although a very similar LNWR Class G2 No. 49395 was.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Crewe Works

Build Date

1940s

Total Built

327 (Rebuilt from G1)

Tractive Effort

28,045 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-8-0

Operated By

London & North Western Railway
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Freight

In Service Until

1959

Surviving Examples

0