The London and North Western Railway Class G2 is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. 60 were built at Crewe Works in 1921–1922. Uniquely amongst classes of LNWR 8-coupled tender engines, they were not
G2 no. 49431 at Rugby Locomotive Depot in 1953
Preserved No. 49395 at the East Lancashire Railway, January 2012
Crewe Works is a railway engineering facility located in the town of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. It was opened originally by the Grand Junction Railway in March 1843 and employed 7-8,000 workers at i
LNWR Class G2
…The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G2 is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. 60 were built at Crewe Works in 1921–1922. Uniquely amongst classes of LNWR 8-coupled tender engines, they were not rebuilt from or into other classes. They were classified by the…
The erecting shop at the LNWR's Crewe Works, c. 1890
Rebuilt Royal Scot Class No. 46123 Royal Irish Fusilers receiving attention at Crewe Works with other locomotives
Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48133 on the Crewe Works internal railway in 1948
Bowen-Cooke Class G2a 0-8-0 No. 48932, built at Crewe in 1902 as a Webb Class B four-cylinder loco, was later rebuilt to two-cylinder status. Buxton shed August 1960.