GWR 2600 Class

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Numbering

The class began in 1900 with a prototype, No. 33, renumbered 2600 in 1912. The rest were numbered 2601-2680 and were built between 1901 and 1907.

British Railways

British Railways (BR) inherited nos. 2612/20/3/43/51/5/6/62/5/7/9/80 in 1948.[1] By 31 August 1948, only four were left: nos. 2620, 2651, 2655, 2667.[2]

Withdrawal

They were withdrawn from 1934 onwards. Some were reprieved due to the Second World War, but all were withdrawn by 1949 and none has survived to be preserved.

References

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  2. British Railways Locomotives 1948, Part 1, pp. 11, 17, Ian Allan, London, 1948

External links

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