2-8-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain


Railroads that used 2-8-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Surviving Examples of 2-8-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain

No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
424742002-8-0T4'-8½"BR (GWR) Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Bodmin, ENG
operational
GWR Swindon Works #2637, 1916
5197S1602-8-04'-8½"USATC (China Railways) Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton, ENG
operational
Lima #8856, 06/1945Privately owned. Restored to operation in 1998. Taken out of service in late 2004. Taken out of service again in Dec 2009. Returned to operation in Feb 2017. Scheduled to be taken out of service again for overhaul in late 2024.
6046S1602-8-04'-8½"USATC Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton, ENG
operational
Baldwin #70280, 1945Privately owned. Restored to operation in Jun 2012. Taken out of service in 2014 due to a damaged cylinder block. Returned to operation in Feb 2016. Leased to the West Somerset Railway from Mar 2018 to Jan 2019.
8F2-8-04'-8½" Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton, ENG
restoration
#48173Privately owned.
3278S1602-8-04'-8½"USATC Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton, ENG
operational
Baldwin #70340, 1944Named Franklin D. Roosevelt. Privately owned. Previously operated on the Watercress Line (Mid Hants Railway), Alresford, ENG in 1999. Restored back to operation on June 14, 2024.
48518 (8518)8F2-8-04'-8½"BR (LMS) Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton, ENGscrappedLNER Doncaster Works, 1944Some parts have been reused for the ongoing construction of newly-builds GWR County class 1014 'County of Glamorgan' and LMS Patriot class 45551 'The Unknown Warrior'. The boiler barrel is to be used on sister LMS 8F class 48173.
48173 (8173)8F2-8-04'-8½"BR (LMS) Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton, ENG
restoration
LMS Crewe Works, 1943Owned by Greg Wilson. The boiler barrel came from scrapped sister LMS 8F class 48518.
6284O42-8-015"Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, Cleethorpes, ENG
operational
T. Turner, 2009Completed by Ray Crome and Roger Loxley.
470947002-8-04'-8½"GWR Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot, ENGunder constructionThe Great Western SocietyBeing built using parts from BR 4-6-0 4073 class 7027 'Thornbury Castle' and GWR 2-8-0 2800 class 2861. Under construction as of 2024.
5820S1602-8-04'-8½"USATC Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Haworth, ENG
operational
Lima #8758, 1945Named Big Jim.
90733 (79257)8F2-8-04'-8½"BR Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Haworth, ENG
operational
Vulcan Foundry #5200, 01/1945
285728002-8-04'-8½"GWR Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster, ENG
out of service
GWR Swindon Works #2763, 1918Restored to operation in September 1979. Taken out of service in January 2023. Awaiting overhaul.
388228842-8-04'-8½"GWR Llangollen Railway, Llangollen, WAL
operational
GWR Swindon Works, 1938
286128002-8-04'-8½"GWR Llangollen Railway, Llangollen, WALscrappedGWR Swindon Works, 1918Some parts have been reused for the ongoing construction of newly-builds GWR 4-4-0 County class 3840 "County of Montgomery" and GWR 2-8-0 4700 class 4709.
48624 (8624)8F (7F)2-8-04'-8½"BR Great Central Railway, Loughborough, ENG
operational
SR Ashford Works, 1943
102 (63601)8K (O4)2-8-04'-8½"Great Central (BR) Great Central Railway, Loughborough, ENG
out of service
GCR Gorton Works, 1911Owned by the National Railway Museum York.
53808 (88)7F2-8-04'-8½"BR (SDJR) West Somerset Railway, Minehead, ENG
out of service
Robert Stephenson & Co. (Darlington Works), 1925Owned by the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust. Restored to operation in Aug 1987. Taken out of service in Oct 2014. Returned to operation in Feb 2016. Leased to the Mid Hants Railway from 2020 to 2023. Taken out of service in Oct 2023. Awaiting overhaul.
385028842-8-04'-8½"BR (GWR) West Somerset Railway, Minehead, ENG
out of service
GWR Swindon Works, 06/1942Owned by the Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd. Restored to operation in 2006. Taken out of service in September 2015. Undergoing overhaul.
427742002-8-0T4'-8½"BR (GWR) Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Co., Paignton, ENG
operational
GWR Swindon Works #2857, 1920Named Hercules.
523952052-8-0T4'-8½"GWR (BR) Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Co., Paignton, ENG
operational
GWR Swindon Works, 1924Named Goliath. Restored to operation in June 1976. Taken out of service in late 2015. Returned to operation in April 2020.
2253S1602-8-04'-8½"USATC North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Pickering, ENG
operational
Baldwin #69496, 1944Named Omaha. The name 'Omaha' was chosen in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Owned by Peter Best. Restored to operation in 2019. Leased to the Churnet Valley Railway from Jan 2020 to Sep 2024. Conversion to burn oil announced on Jul 30, 2024.
281828002-8-04'-8½"GWR (BR) Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, ENG
display
GWR Swindon Works, 12/1905Cosmetically restored at the BR Eastleigh Works in 1966. Ownership transferred to the museum from the National Railway Museum York in 2017.
280728002-8-04'-8½"GWR Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, Toddington, ENG
operational
GWR Swindon Works #2102, 10/1905Oldest surviving GWR 2800 class. Owned by the Cotswold Steam Preservation Limited. Restored to operation in 2010. Taken out of service in Jan 2017. Taken out of service again in early Jan 2020. Returned to operation in Sep 2023.
427042002-8-0T4'-8½"GWR Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, Toddington, ENG
operational
GWR Swindon Works #2850, 1919Owned by Locomotive Services Ltd.
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