LNWR Class G2


The London and North Western Railway Class G2 is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. 60 were built at Crewe Works in 1921–1922. Uniquely amongst classes of LNWR 8-coupled tender engines, they were not rebuilt from or into other classes. Slightly confusingly the LNWR Class G2a is sometimes considered a subclass, but not in this article. They were classified by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as 5, from 1928 7F.

Numbering

The LNWR used a lowest available number numbering system, meaning that numbers were somewhat haphazard. After the grouping in 1923, the LMS renumbered them 9395-9454 in order of build date. All were inherited by British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. BR added 40000 to their numbers so that they became 49395-49454.

Withdrawal

The class were withdrawn between 1959 and 1964 with the first member of the class to be withdrawn was 49436 in May 1959, the final member of the class to be withdrawn was 49430 in December 1964.
YearQuantity in
service at
start of year		Number withdrawnQuantity
withdrawn		Locomotive numbers
195960191949395-98,
49400/09-10/17-20/24/27/29/35-36/42/45/50.
196141153449399,
49401/05/11-14/21-23/33/41/43-44/53.
196221205449402-04/08/15-16/25-26/28/31-32/34/37-39/40/47/49/51-52.
1963635749406/48/54.
1964336049407/30/46

Preservation

The first of the class, LNWR No. 485, LMS No. 9395, BR No. 49395 has been preserved and is part of the National Collection NRM
The locomotive is currently situated at the East Lancashire Railway where it is stored out of traffic awaiting a decision on its operational future.
Now at NRM Shildon.