Английская Википедия:GWR 2884 Class

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox locomotive The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2884 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive. They were Collett's development of Churchward's earlier 2800 Class and are sometimes regarded as belonging to that class.

History

The 2884s were designed for heavy freight work and differed from the original Class 2800 engines (Nos. 2800-2883) in a number of respects, the most obvious being that a more modern Collett side window cab was provided and that they were built with outside steam pipes.

Production

83 of the 2884 class were built between 1938 and 1941. Those built during the war did not have the side window to the cab, and the side window on the others was plated over. This was to reduce glare, as a precaution against enemy air attacks. The windows were reinstated after the war.

Table of orders and numbersШаблон:Sfnb

Year	Quantity	Lot No.	Locomotive numbers	Notes
1938–39	20	321	2884–2899, 3800–3803
1939–40	20	328	3804–3823
1940–41	10	334	3824–3833
1941–42	10	341	3834–3843
1942	23	346	3844–3866

The locomotives were so popular with the ex-Great Western crews that the British Railways Western Region operating authorities wanted more of the class built after nationalisation in 1948; however, this request was turned down in favour of BR Standard Class 9Fs.

Oil firing

Шаблон:Main Between 1945 and 1947, coal shortages caused GWR to experiment with oil fired 2800 locomotives. Eight of the 2884 class were converted and renumbered from 4850. The experiment, encouraged by the government was abandoned in 1948 once the extra maintenance costs were calculated and the bill had arrived for the imported oil.

1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials

The year 1948 also saw one of the 2884 class, No.3803 (now preserved), emerge remarkably successfully from the 1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials against more modern engines including the LMS 8F and the WD Austerity 2-8-0 and WD Austerity 2-10-0. It took the appearance in 1954 of the British Railways BR standard class 9F 2-10-0 to displace the 2800s from their main role of mineral haulage. Nevertheless, there was still work for them right up to the end of steam on the Western region in 1965. Six decades of service testify to the fundamental excellence of Churchward's original conception.

Файл:Patchway down freight geograph-2927190-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

No. 3863 on a down freight west of Patchway 12 August 1963

Withdrawal

Table of withdrawals

Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Cumulative quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1962	83	1	1	3827.
1963	82	16	17	2888–89/92/94/97–98, 3803/06/11/31/33/39/43/46/53/58.
1964	65	32	49	2884–87/91/93/96, 3800–01/04–05/09–10/14–15/19/21–22/24–25/28–29/32/34/38/41/45/47/52/56–57/60.
1965	32	34	83	2890/95/99, 3802/07–08/12–13/16–18/20/23/26/30/35–37/40/42/44/48–51/54–55/59/61–66.

Preservation

Nine examples of the 2884, were saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales and four of these engines have operated in preservation.

Number	Year Built	Withdrawn	Location	Status	Image	Notes
2885	Mar 1938	Jan 1964	Tyseley Locomotive Works	Undergoing restoration	Файл:GWR Class 2884 No 2885 2-8-0 (6761025903).jpg	Formerly on display at Birmingham Moor Street.
3802	Dec 1938	Aug 1965	Llangollen Railway	Operational, boiler ticket expires: 2027.	Файл:GWR 3802 (05-04-14).jpg	Currently paired with a 4,000 gallon Collett tender instead of the usual 3,500 gallon Churchward tender. Returned to service following an overhaul in January 2018 and now operational at Llangollen.
3803	Jan 1939	Jul 1963	Dartmouth Steam Railway	Stored	Файл:3803 South Devon Railway (2).jpg	Previously based at the South Devon Railway, but now sold to the Dartmouth Steam Railway.
3814	Mar 1940	Dec 1964	Northern Steam Engineering Limited, Stockton-on-Tees	Undergoing restoration	Файл:East Acton LTE Station geograph-2518393-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg	Currently under restoration to running condition. Moved to Llangollen Railway for restoration to continue, but subsequently moved to Northern Steam Engineering Limited at Stockton-on-Tees.
3822	Apr 1940	Jan 1964	Didcot Railway Centre	Static display	Файл:3822 Didcot Railway Centre.jpg	Awaiting overhaul after being withdrawn from traffic in 2010. In 1989, 3822 was used in the Music video of the song Breakthru by the band Queen.
3845	Apr 1942	Jun 1964	TBC	Stored		At a private site in the West Midlands awaiting restoration.
3850	Jun 1942	Aug 1965	Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway	Undergoing overhaul	Файл:3850 at Toddington, May 2014.jpg	Originally restored at and operated at the West Somerset Railway, now moved to Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway for 10-year overhaul.
3855	Oct 1942	Aug 1965	East Lancashire Railway	Undergoing restoration		Being restored from ex Barry Scrapyard condition.
3862	Nov 1942	Feb 1965	Northampton & Lamport Railway	Undergoing restoration		Being restored from ex Barry Scrapyard condition to full running condition.

Models

Hornby Railways manufacture a model of the 2884 Class in OO gauge.
Dapol produce a model in N gauge.

See also

• List of GWR standard classes with two outside cylinders

References

• Шаблон:RCTS-LocosGWR-1
• Шаблон:Whitehurst GW Engines from 1940

External links

• The Story of the GWR 28XX 2-8-0s Шаблон:Webarchive
• No. 3862 under restoration at Northampton and Lamport Railway
• Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd