GWR 3100 Class
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 3100 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive.
History
This class of large prairie was created in 1938 when Collett rebuilt some of Churchward's 3150 Class engines for use as bankers, particularly from Severn Tunnel Junction shed. These engines used the same standard class 4 boiler, but with pressure increased to Template:Convert and smaller Template:Convert driving wheels and a Template:Convert increase in cylinder diameter. This raised their tractive effort to Template:Convert. Almost unnoticeable was a Template:Convert reduction in pony truck wheel diameter to Template:Convert. Only five engines were ever modified, Nos. 3173, 3156, 3181, 3155 and 3179 which were rebuilt as 3100 to 3104 respectively. All members of the class were scrapped.
See also
- GWR 3100/5100 Class (1906)
- GWR 3150 Class
- GWR 5101 Class
- GWR 6100 Class
- GWR 8100 Class
- List of GWR standard classes with two outside cylinders
References
External links
- Class 3100 Details at Rail UK
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