GWR 5800 Class

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GWR 5800 class
British Railways
Class	5800
Power class	GWR: Unclassified, BR: 1P
Numbers	5800–5819
Axle load class	GWR: Unclassified
Locale	Western Region branch lines
Withdrawn	1957–1961
Disposition	All scrapped

The

. The last survivor of the class, number 5815, was with withdrawn in 1961. No members of the class were preserved.

Model form

A 5-inch gauge replica of No. 5801 has been built. It works at the Butterley Park Miniature Railway, part of the Swanwick Junction complex.

Dapol have announced O gauge versions to be released in 2018.

References

Sources

• Allcock, N. J.; Davies, F. K.; le Fleming, H. M.; Maskelyne, J. N.; Reed, P. J. T.; Tabor, F. J. (1968) [1951]. White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part one: Preliminary Survey. Kenilworth: RCTS.
• Haresnape, Brian (1978). Collett & Hawksworth locomotives : a pictorial history. London: I. Allan.
  ISBN 0711008698
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• Champ, Jim (2018). An Introduction to Great Western Locomotive Development. Barnsley:
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• Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western engines, names, numbers, types, classes: 1940 to preservation. Oxford: Oxford Pub. Co.
  ISBN 0902888218
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