Gwr Grange Class

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Gwr grange class. 6800 grange class introduction. The gwr 6800 grange class utilised a number of parts from the rapidly withdrawn 4300 s in their construction notably the driving wheels and motions and the first example no 6800 arlington grange was turned out from swindon on august 27 1936. The granges were intended to replace the 300 strong class. The great western railway gwr 6800 class or grange class was a mixed traffic class of 4 6 0 steam locomotive built to replace the gwr 4300 class 2 6 0 there were 80 in the class all built at the swindon works using some reconditioned parts from withdrawn 4300 class locomotives.

The great western railway gwr 6800 class or grange class was a mixed traffic class of 4 6 0 steam locomotive built to replace the gwr 4300 class 2 6 0. There were 80 in the class all built at the swindon works using some reconditioned parts from withdrawn 4300 class locomotives. The grange class of locomotives were the 5 feet 8 inch 4 6 0 s outlined as long ago as 1901 by churchward s standardisation plan and for so long advocated by the running department until the advent of the hall class. All of the original gwr 6800 class grange locomotives were withdrawn for scrap by the end of 1965.

No 6880 betton grange is a steam locomotive which is under construction as a new build project based on the llangollen railway in denbighshire wales described as building the 81st grange the project started in 1998 and the locomotive was expected to be operational by 2013. The great western railway gwr 6800 class or grange class was a mixed traffic class of 4 6 0 steam locomotive built to replace the gwr 4300 class 2 6 0 there were 80 in the class all built at the swindon works using some reconditioned parts from withdrawn 4300 class locomotives.