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Number	3017
2nd Grouping Number
1st Grouping Number
Pre Grouping Number
Works/Lot Number
Class Code	ROD
Designer	Robinson
Built	30/04/1919
Builder	North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
1948 Shed	82B St. Philips Marsh
Last Shed	84E Tysley
Withdrawn	31/10/1956
Disposal details
Disposal
Disposal Date	Unknown

Class Information

Built 1911 on, Designed by John G. Robinson.

Total Number Bought 100 - Total to BR 46.

Introduced 1911. Robinson GCR design (LNER Class O4). Built from 1917 for Railway Operating Division, RE.
Purchased by GWR in 1919 and 1925, and subsequently equipped with GWR boiler fittings.

Classification 7F.

Number Series 3000-3099.

Built by:
North British Locomotive Co. Ltd., Glasgow - 3000-3019/33/40/42-44/46-78/80-84/86-97/99
Robert Stephenson & Co. - 3020-22/25/28-29/34-37/39/41/45/85
Kitson & Co. - 3038/79
Nasmyth Wilson & Co. Ltd. - 3023-24/26-27/30-32/98

3000-3011 Lot No. L710 19?? - NBL Works Nos. 22104-22115
3012-3019 Lot No. L711 19?? - NBL Works Nos. 22119-22126
Former Railway Operating Division numbers were 2008-13/15-20/24-31

3020-3099 - see PC TOPS Steam System for Builder's works and ROD numbers.

3000-3019 Taken into GWR stock under Lot No. 215 1919
3020-3049 Taken into GWR stock under Lot No. 241 1925
3050-3099 Taken into GWR stock under Lot No. 240 1925

Of the 80 locos (3020-3099) taken into stock in June 1925, all were taken out of stock in October 1925. They were then split into 2 batches, Lots 240 and 241.

The successful Robinson 2-8-0 freight locomotives designed for the Great Central Railway was chosen for production of locomotives for the war department. When these engines became available upon the cessation of hostilities, the Great Western being one of the railway companies to purchase some, buying 100 between 1919 and 1925. The locos were duly Westernised with new chimney, dome, top feed, safety valve cover, etc., although this did not hide their original Great Central design characteristics.

The first withdrawals 3000/1 were made in August 1946 by the GWR.
The last loco 3015 was withdrawn in October 1958 from Carmarthen shed.
None are preserved.

Motive Power Details

Weight: Loco 73 tons 11 cwt
Tend 47 tons 14 cwt
Driving Wheel: 4' 8"
Boil Press: 185lb/sq in Su
Cylinders: Two 21" x 26" (outside)
Valve Gear: Stephenson (piston valves)
TE: 32,200 lb

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