GWR 2251 Class

The GWR 2251 Class, also called the Collett Goods, was a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed by Charles Collett for medium-powered freight and some passenger duties. It was introduced in 1930 to replace the Dean Goods and was built up to 1948. The engines were in effect modernised Dean Goods with taper boilers and full cabs, and a higher boiler pressure of 200 psi gave a tractive effort of 20,155 lbf at the cost of extra weight that restricted the routes they could use. They were the first GWR 0-6-0 to use the standard number 10 boiler. Number 3217, delivered in December 1947, was the last locomotive built by the GWR. The class was withdrawn between 1958 and 1965, and number 3205 has been preserved on the South Devon Railway.