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Record: 71951 (21/04/2026)
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GWR Dean "2721" Class 0-6-0PT


Class Types
GWR Class 2721

General
Designer William Dean
Introduced 1897
Grouping Company Great Western Railway
Description (1957) 4' 7½" 0-6-0PT's of various classes, with minor differences, built at Swindon and Wolverhampton between 1879 and 1901. Originally constructed as saddle tanks, the survivors had been gradually rebuilt over a long period with the square pannier type. No. 1715 had been sold to the Neath & Brecon Railway in 1914 and came back to the Great Western under its original number at the grouping. No. 2756 had similarly been the property of the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway. All these engines had been scrapped by 1951.
Wheel Arrangement 0-6-0PT
Number Built as 2721 80
Number Scrapped 80
First in Service 11/1897
Last in Service 11/1950
Manufacturers
ManufacturerTotal
Swindon Works 80
Orders
BuilderSponsorOrder #DateSize
Swindon Works  112 1897 20
Swindon Works  115 1899 20
Swindon Works  122 1900 20
Swindon Works  129 1901 20

Power
2721 Saddle tank 2721 Pannier tank
Variant Introduced 1897 1904

Wheels
2721 Saddle tank 2721 Pannier tank
Drivers 4' 71⁄2"
As 2721 Saddle tank
Total Wheelbase 15' 6"
As 2721 Saddle tank
Descriptive Wheelbase 7' 3" + 8' 3" = 15' 6"
As 2721 Saddle tank

Dimensions
2721 Saddle tank 2721 Pannier tank

Boiler & Firebox
2721 Saddle tank 2721 Pannier tank