GWR 2900 Class 2999 Lady of Legend

2999 Lady of Legend is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive completed in 2019 to a design by George Jackson Churchward.

After being withdrawn from service in 1963, it was moved to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales in 1964.

The last class member was 2920 Saint David, which was withdrawn from service in October 1953, and was sent straight for scrap.

[3] It was also decided (like 60163 Tornado) to number the locomotive as a new member of the class, sequential to the highest-numbered original Saint: 2998 Ernest Cunard.

The engine was largely constructed in an early configuration, with straight frames, lever reversing gear and a flush riveted tender tank, but for practical reasons there are a number of components and features that are later in design than the Lady series as they originally left the factory.

Mainline operation also requires additional equipment that none of the original members of its class had, including: AWS, TPWS, OTMR & GSM-R.

[citation needed] On 18th November 2018, a year before completion, 2999 appeared in a British Railways black unlined livery, while bearing the name of scrapped classmate 'Lady of Quality'.

No.4942 Maindy Hall in scrapyard condition, at Didcot
Lady of Legend pulling a train on the Severn Valley Railway .
2999 appearing as classmate Lady of Quality before completion.
2999's nameplate, featuring the name chosen for her: Lady of Legend.