2800-2883) in a number of respects, the most obvious being that a more modern Collett side window cab was provided and that they were built with outside steam pipes.

[citation needed] Between 1945 and 1947, coal shortages caused GWR to experiment with oil fired 2800 locomotives.

It took the appearance in 1954 of the British Railways BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 to displace the 2800s from their main role of mineral haulage.

Nine examples of the 2884, were saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales and four of these engines have operated in preservation.

[citation needed] In 2013, Dapol introduced a British N gauge model of locomotive 2892 in GWR green livery.