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The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 2,140 mm ) broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class .
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927. They were the largest locomotives built by the GWR, apart from the unique Pacific (The Great Bear).
Preserved Great Western Railway steam locomotives (48 P) R. Rhymney Railway locomotives (5 P) T. Taff Vale Railway locomotives (8 P)
The Great Western Railway 4000 or Star were a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1906 and introduced from early 1907. The prototype was built as a 4-4-2 Atlantic (but converted to 4-6-0 during 1909). They proved to be a successful design which ...
This is a list of the 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge locomotives of the Great Western Railway. [note 1] It excludes those purchased from constituent companies, or acquired through amalgamations.
No. 6000 is the only one of the three preserved "King" class locomotives to retain its original-built full-height fittings. After closure of the Bulmer's Steam Centre in 1990, No. 6000 moved to the Swindon "Steam" Railway Museum. In 2008, it swapped places with No. 92220 Evening Star, and became resident at the National Railway Museum.
The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part twelve: A Chronological and Statistical Survey. Kenilworth: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-28-2. OCLC 499807460. Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types and Classes. 1940 to Preservation. Oxford: Oxford Publishing. ISBN 0902888218
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6800 Class or Grange Class is a mixed-traffic class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive, built to replace the GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0.There were 80 originally built in the class, all built at the Swindon works, using some reconditioned parts from withdrawn 4300 Class locomotives.