GWR 4300 Class

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6381 at Southampton Terminus 1949.

6336 at Towyn, 25 July 1961.

6378 at Dovey Junction on 10 August 1962 witha Barmouth line service.

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotive.

1 Overview
2 Preservation
3 External links

[edit] Overview

The class was introduced in 1911. 342 were built until 1932. They were numbered in the 4300-99, 5300-99, 6300 - 6399, 7300 - 7321, and 9300 - 9319.

Between January and March 1928, due to problems with wear of the flanges of the leading pony truck, 65 engines of 5300 series received additional weight on the pony truck.

88 were withdrawn between and their wheels and motion of 80 were used the Grange Class and 8 for Hall Class engines but the advent of the Second World War in 1939 stopped the conversions.

5300--99 were renumbered 8300-399 between 1944 and 1948. 9300-19 were renumbered 7322-7341 between 1956 and 1959.

6320 was converted to oil firing between 1947 and 1949.

The last were withdrawn in 1964.

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[edit] Preservation

The preserved faux 4300 Class, No. 9351, which was rebuilt from 5101 Class 2-6-2 T No. 5193, is pictured being coaled at Minehead on 29 December 2004.

Two, 5322 (ex-8322) and 7325 (ex-9303) have survived to preservation. 7325 is a static exhibit in the Swindon Steam Railway Museum.

A third example, 9351, has been rebuilt from 5101 "Large Prairie" Class 2-6-2 T 5193 at the West Somerset Railway, who desired the extra coal and water capacity of a tender engine. There are a few detail differences between it and a "proper" 4300, most noticeably it has retained footsteps on the front of its frames and has not any sandbox fillers along its running plate in positions where they would have been previously obscured by its side tank.

[edit] External links

Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
	Broad gauge locomotives
Gooch:	Ariadne - Banking - Bogie - Caesar - Caliph - Firefly - Iron Duke - Leo - Metropolitan - Premier - Prince - Pyracmon - Star - Sun - Victoria - Waverley
J. Armstrong:	Hawthorn - Iron Duke - Sir Watkin - Swindon
	Standard gauge locomotives
Dean:	Dean Goods - Aberdare - Dean Single - Duke - Bulldog - 3600 - Badminton
Churchward:	The Great Bear - 1361 - County Tank - 2800 - Saint - 3100 - City - County - Star - 4200 - 4300 - 4400 - 4500 - 4700
Collett:	1366 - 1400 - 2251 - 2884 - ex-ROD 2-8-0 - Earl - Castle - 4575 - Hall - 5101 - 5205 - 5400 - 5600 - 5700 - 5800 - King - 6100 - 6400 - Grange - 7200 - 7400 - Manor
Hawksworth:	County - 1500 - 1600 - Modified Hall - 9400