The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2884 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive. They were Collett's development of Churchward's earlier 2800 Class and are sometimes regarded as belonging to that class.
3800 at Swindon Works
No. 3863 on a down freight west of Patchway 12 August 1963
Image: GWR Class 2884 No 2885 2 8 0 (6761025903)
Image: GWR 3802 (05 04 14)
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. In the United States and elsewhere, this wheel arrangement is commonly known as a Consolidation, after the Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad’s Consolidation, the name of the first 2-8-0.
Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad's Consolidation of 1866, the first 2-8-0 built
Victorian Railways J class No. J 515
CP N-2-c no. 3716 at Canyon View
Class Tk3 No. 1136 in special service from Kouvola to Kotka