4270 was completed at Swindon in 1919. It still retains inside steam pipes and is thus rather closer to original condition. BR motive power depot allocations since 1948. It was withdrawn in 1962, making the short journey from its last shed at Cardiff to the Barry scrapyard. It left the Barry yard in July 1985.

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4200 Class is a class of 2-8-0 T steam locomotives. After the GWR took over operations and then absorbed the various South Wales based railways from the late 1800s, operational practice on most was defined by moving heavy coal trains on sharp, steep and undulating tracks.

2022年11月29日 · 4270 was completed at Swindon Locomotive Works in 1919 and is a member of the GWR "42xx" class of tank locomotives featuring a 2-8-0T wheel arrangement. The class was designed by the GWR's chief mechanical engineer (CME) G. J. Churchward with introductions starting in 1910. 4270 came from an order of 24 locomotives (Lot No. 213) out of a …

GWR 4270, build at Swindon in 1919 and restored at Toddington, returning to steam in 2014. The locomotive part part of Jeremy Hosking's 'Icons of Steam' flee...

2019年1月14日 · 4270 – Operational on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway in GWR Unlined Green with “G W R” on tank sides. Also leaving Barry in 1985, restoration wouldn’t start until 2003, where initial work was carried out at the GWSR.

Built in 1919, No. ‘4270’ spent most of her career based close to Cardiff. The heavy design of the 4200 Class with eight driving wheels and only two leading wheels gave these locomotives the superb traction required to haul coal trains weighing in excess of 1,000 tons over the steep gradients of the Welsh valleys.

2013年7月14日 · Five examples of the '4200' class and three members of the '5205' class have been preserved and they are numbers 4247, 4248, 4253, 4270, 4277, 5224, 5227 and 5239. Of course, if you include three locomotives preserved from the '7200' class which were rebuilds of the '5205' series, the list would add 5264 (rebuilt as 7229), 5275 (rebuilt as 7202 ...

The purpose of 4270, as a member of the GWR 4200 class, was heavy freight work, mainly in the South Wales coalfields. 165 of 4200 locomotives were built and were the only 2-8-0 tank engines to run in the UK. 4270 was built at Swindon in 1919 and withdrawn in 1962, making the short journey from its last shed at Cardiff East Dock to the Barry ...

GWR 2-8-0T tank 4270 photographed at Toddington during May 2016. Withdrawn in 1962 4270 spent time in Barry scrapyard until rescued. The engine, built at Swindon in 1919, is a member of the 42xx Class of heavy freight tanks, and was designed …