5600: 68 long tons 12 cwt (153,700 lb or 69.7 t) 6600: 69 long tons 7 cwt (155,300 lb or 70.5 t)
Fuel type
Coal
Fuel capacity
3.75 long tons (3.81 t; 4.20 short tons)
Water cap.
1,900 imp gal (8,600 L; 2,300 US gal)
Boiler
GWR Standard No. 2[2]
Boiler pressure
200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Superheater
Yes
Cylinders
Two, inside
Cylinder size
18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear
Stephenson's
Valve type
piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort
25,800 lbf (115 kN)
Career
Operators
Great Western Railway; British Railways
Class
5600
Power class
GWR: D BR: 5MT
Numbers
5600–5699, 6600–6699
Axle load class
Red
Withdrawn
1962–1966
Disposition
9 preserved, remainder scrapped
The GWR 5600 Class is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive built between 1924 and 1928. They were designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway (GWR), and were introduced into traffic in 1924. After the 1923 grouping, Swindon inherited a large and variable collection of locomotives from historic Welsh railway companies, which did not fit into their standardisation programme. GWR boiler inspectors arrived en masse and either condemned the original locomotives or had them rebuilt. The systematic destruction of many examples of locomotives, most still in serviceable condition, followed, but various were worked alongside 5600 Class.
Two hundred GWR 5600 Class replacement locomotives were built and remained in service until withdrawn by British Railways between 1962 and 1965. Nine of the class have survived into preservation.
^Casserley, H.C. (1960) [1955]. The Observer's Book of Railway Locomotives of Britain (Revised ed.). Frederick Warne. p. 56.
^Champ, Jim (2018). An Introduction to Great Western Locomotive Development. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Transport. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-4738-7784-9. OCLC 1029234106. OL 26953051M.
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