Key Features
Number:
D2280
Built:
1960
Builder:
British Railways
Withdrawn:
1996
First Restored:
D2280 arrived on the GWSR in 2018 and is now part of the shunting fleet at Toddington. It is privately owned . There is a Bachman model of this locomotive available in BR green.
Specification
- Wheel arrangement: 0-6-0
- Origin: Built in 1960 for British Railways, it was sold to the Ford Motor Company for industrial use in 1971 and renumbered as No 2. It was withdrawn from service in 1996.
- Engine/power: Gardner 8-cylinder, 4-stroke 8L3 of 204 hp. Wilson-Drewry CA5 R7, 5-speed epicyclic gearbox and jackshaft drive.
- Length over buffers: 26ft. ½in. (7.94m)
- Working weight: 29 tons
- Maximum speed: 28 mph
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