Editing GWR 2900 Class (section)

==Assessment==
The class incorporated many revolutionary advances which were influential in British locomotive design for the next fifty years.  According to The Great Western Society, 'Saint' class locomotives "represented one of the most important steps forward in railway traction of the 20th century", and they "are now acknowledged to have had a profound influence on almost every aspect of subsequent steam locomotive development".<ref name=SaintProject>{{harvnb|Saint Project}}</ref> W.A. Tuplin commented; "No other locomotive design, except perhaps Stephenson's 'Rocket', has represented such a long leap in the right direction as GWR No. 98.".<ref name=Tuplin34/>