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Class 800 of LNER (left) next to a InterCity 125 of CrossCountry (right) at Leeds. As part of the UK Government's Intercity Express Programme (IEP), the Class 800 units were built as partial replacements for the InterCity 125 trains which at the time operated services on the Great Western Main Line and the East Coast Main Line, as well as the InterCity 225 trains which currently operate ...
The last two 4-4-0s acquired by the Cambrian were two of the GWR 3521 Class, purchased secondhand from the Great Western Railway in August 1921. They were bought to replace the two engines lost at Abermule earlier that year, and were allotted the same numbers, 82 and 95, but these were never carried – they retained their GWR numbers, 3521 and ...
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The whole company was rebranded Great Western Railway (GWR) on 20 September 2015, [28] with the introduction of a green livery in recognition of the former Great Western Railway which existed between 1835 and 1947. [29] [30] The new livery was introduced when HST interiors were refurbished, and on sleeper carriages and Class 57/6 locomotives. [31]
GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0: Emerged from its 10-year overhaul in January 2018. Boiler ticket expires 2027. Re-entered service April 2024. BR Unlined Black with Early Emblem Private owner. 1938 FW No. 7754 GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0 PT: Completed overhaul in November 2023. Boiler ticket expires in 2033. [1] GWR Green with BRITISH RAILWAYS Lettering ...
GWR: 4-6-0: GWR "Hall" Class: 4953 Pitchford Hall is a 4-6-0 4900 Class Hall locomotive, designed by Charles Collett. Built at Swindon Works in August 1929 at a cost of £4,375, it was allocated to Bristol, Bath Road shed. It carries GWR ‘Transitional’ (1945–48) livery, and is more than capable of handling the gradients of the line. [3]
GWR 4300 Class: 5322 Static Display [25] Built 1917. Used by Railway Operating Division in France during World War I. Withdrawn in 2014 due to boiler problems. [26] GWR 4575 Class: 5572 Static Display Built 1929. [27] GWR 4900 Class: 5900 Hinderton Hall: Static Display Built 1931. [28] GWR 6000 Class: 6023 King Edward II: Static Display Built 1930.
The GWR was the longest-lived of the pre-nationalisation railway companies in Britain, surviving the 'Grouping' of the railways in 1923 almost unchanged. As a result, the history of its numbering and classification of locomotives is relatively complicated.