page_title: GWR 2900 Class
hierarchical_section_title: GWR 2900 Class
caption_attribution_description: English: Churchward 'Saint' 4-6-0 on Down Cheltenham express near Tilehurst. View eastward, towards Reading and London: ex-GWR Paddington - Reading - Swindon - Bristol etc. main line. Back in 1948, the 14.15 Paddington - Cheltenham Spa express could still be entrusted to a locomotive over 40 years old, 'Saint' 4-6-0 No. 2981 'Ivanhoe' (built 6/1905, withdrawn 3/51).
context_page_description: The Great Western Railway 2900 Class or Saint Class was built by the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works. incorporated several series of 2-cylinder passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward and built between 1902 and 1913 with differences in the dimensions. The majority of these were built as 4-6-0 locomotives; but thirteen examples were built as 4-4-2. They proved to be a successful class which established the design principles for GWR 2-cylinder classes over the next fifty years.
context_section_description: The Great Western Railway 2900 Class or Saint Class was built by the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works. incorporated several series of 2-cylinder passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward and built between 1902 and 1913 with differences in the dimensions. The majority of these were built as 4-6-0 locomotives; but thirteen examples were built as 4-4-2 (but converted to 4-6-0 during 1912/13). They proved to be a successful class which established the design principles for GWR 2-cylinder classes over the next fifty years.
caption: 2981 Ivanhoe at Tilehurst hauling the Cheltenham Spa Express
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