LNWR Class G2A

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)Driver dia.4 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.359 m)Loco weight62 long tons 0 cwt (138,900 lb or 63 t)Fuel typeCoalBoiler pressure175 psi (1.21 MPa)CylindersTwo, insideCylinder size20+1⁄2 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm)Valve typeJoy

Performance figures
Tractive effort	28,045 lbf (124.8 kN)

Career
Operators	LNWR » LMS » BR
Power class	BR: 7F
Nicknames	Super D

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.

Numbering

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.^[1]

Preservation

None were preserved, although a very similar LNWR Class G2 No. 49395 was.

References

Further reading

• Bob Essery & David Jenkinson An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions
• Edward Talbot, The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines
• Willie Yeadon, Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines

John Ramsbottom (North Eastern Division 1846–1857)Francis Trevithick (Northern Division 1846–1857)John Ramsbottom (Northern Division 1857–1862)Edward Bury (Southern Division 1846–1847)James McConnell (Southern Division 1847–1862)John Ramsbottom (1862–1871)Francis William Webb (1871–1903)George Whale (1903–1909)Charles John Bowen Cooke (1909–1920)H. P. M. Beames (1920–1921)George Hughes (1922–1923)