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GWR 2900 Class

Index GWR 2900 Class

The Great Western Railway 2900 or Saint Class incorporated several series of 2-cylinder passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward and built between 1902 and 1913 with differences in the dimensions. [1]

102 relations: Agatha of Sicily, Albion, Ambrose, Andrew the Apostle, Arlington Court, Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore, Ashton Court, Augustine of Hippo, Baron Churchill (1815 creation), Bartholomew the Apostle, Belpaire firebox, Benedict of Nursia, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bibury Court, Blastpipe, British Rail, Catherine of Alexandria, Cefntilla Court, Charles Collett, Charles Hambro, Chief mechanical engineer, Clevedon Court, Continental Europe, Corsham Court, Croome Court, Cuthbert, Didcot Railway Centre, Dorney Court, Dunstan, Easton Court railway station, Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer, Fawley Court, Fire-tube boiler, Gabriel, George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway, Great Western Railway Power and Weight Classification, Guy Mannering, GWR 1000 Class, GWR 2900 Class 2999 Lady of Legend, GWR 4073 Class, GWR 4700 Class, GWR 4900 Class, GWR 4900 Class 4942 Maindy Hall, GWR 6800 Class, GWR 6959 Class, GWR 7800 Class, Hampton Court Palace, Henry Beyer Robertson, Highnam Court, ..., Hillingdon Court, Hundred of Winterstoke, Ivanhoe, Lady Godiva, Lady Macbeth, Lady of the Lake, Lalla-Rookh, Lower Langford, Madresfield Court, Magnet, Martin of Tours, Mixed-traffic locomotive, Persimmon, Peveril of the Peak, Poppet valve, Quentin Durward, Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, Redgauntlet, Richard I of England, Rob Roy (novel), Robin Hood, Saint Cecilia, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Helena (disambiguation), Saint Nicholas, Saint Patrick, Saint Sebastian, Saint Stephen, Scrap, Smokebox, Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Stackpole Estate, Steam locomotive, Stephenson valve gear, Superheater, Swindon Works, Taplow Court, The Abbot, The Bride of Lammermoor, The Lady of Shalott, The Pirate (novel), The Talisman (Scott novel), Tortworth Court, Vincent de Paul, Walter Scott, Waverley (novel), Wilhelm Schmidt (engineer), William Dean (engineer), 2-8-0, 4-4-2 (locomotive), 4-6-0. Expand index (52 more) »

Agatha of Sicily

Saint Agatha of Sicily (c. 231 – c. 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr.

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Albion

Albion (Ἀλβιών) is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain.

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Ambrose

Aurelius Ambrosius (– 397), better known in English as Ambrose, was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century.

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Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the Apostle (Ἀνδρέας; ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ, Andreas; from the early 1st century BC – mid to late 1st century AD), also known as Saint Andrew and referred to in the Orthodox tradition as the First-Called (Πρωτόκλητος, Prōtoklētos), was a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter.

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Arlington Court

Arlington Court is a neoclassical style country house built 1820-23, situated in the parish of Arlington, next to the parish church of St James, 5 1/4 miles NE of Barnstaple, north Devon, England.

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Arthur Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore

Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore, PC (17 January 1843 – 22 February 1925), was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician.

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Ashton Court

Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England.

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Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.

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Baron Churchill (1815 creation)

Baron Churchill, of Sandridge in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Spencer family.

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Bartholomew the Apostle

Bartholomew (translit; Bartholomew Israelite origin Bartholomaeus; ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ) was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus from ancient Jewish Israel.

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Belpaire firebox

The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives.

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Benedict of Nursia

Benedict of Nursia (Benedictus Nursiae; Benedetto da Norcia; Vulgar Latin: *Benedecto; Benedikt; 2 March 480 – 543 or 547 AD) is a Christian saint, who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion and Old Catholic Churches.

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Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist (Bernardus Claraevallensis; 109020 August 1153) was a French abbot and a major leader in the reform of Benedictine monasticism that caused the formation of the Cistercian order.

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Bibury Court

Bibury Court is a Grade I listed Jacobean country house in Bibury, Gloucestershire, England.

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Blastpipe

The blastpipe is part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the fire.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, or Saint Catharine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲕⲁⲧⲧⲣⲓⲛ, ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς – translation: Holy Catherine the Great Martyr) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius.

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Cefntilla Court

Cefntilla Court is a 19th-century country house (with 17th-century origins) in Llandenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, which was substantially rebuilt by Thomas Henry Wyatt for Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan.

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Charles Collett

Charles Benjamin Collett (10 September 1871 – 5 April 1952) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941.

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Charles Hambro

Charles Hambro may refer to.

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Chief mechanical engineer

Chief mechanical engineer and locomotive superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotives and rolling stock.

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Clevedon Court

Clevedon Court is a manor house on Court Hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, dating from the early 14th century.

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Continental Europe

Continental or mainland Europe is the continuous continent of Europe excluding its surrounding islands.

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Corsham Court

Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown.

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Croome Court

Croome Court is a mid-18th century neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped parkland at Croome D'Abitot, near Pershore in south Worcestershire, England.

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Cuthbert

Cuthbert (c. 634 – 20 March 687) is a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.

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Didcot Railway Centre

Didcot Railway Centre is a former Great Western Railway engine-shed and locomotive stabling point located in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, which today has been converted into a railway museum and preservation engineering site.

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Dorney Court

Dorney Court is a grade I listed early Tudor manor house, dating from around 1440, located in the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Dunstan

Dunstan (909 – 19 May 988 AD)Lapidge, "Dunstan (d. 988)" was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London, and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint.

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Easton Court railway station

Easton Court railway station was a station in Little Hereford, Herefordshire, England.

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Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer

(Samuel) Ernest Palmer, 1st Baron Palmer (28 March 1858 - 8 December 1948), known as Sir Ernest Palmer, 1st Baronet, from 1916, was a British business man and patron of music.

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Fawley Court

Fawley Court is a country house, with large mixed-use grounds standing on the west bank of the River Thames at Fawley in the English county of Buckinghamshire.

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Fire-tube boiler

A fire-tube boiler is a type of boiler in which hot gases pass from a fire through one or (many) more tubes running through a sealed container of water.

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Gabriel

Gabriel (lit, lit, ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, ܓܒܪܝܝܠ), in the Abrahamic religions, is an archangel who typically serves as God's messenger.

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George Jackson Churchward

George Jackson Churchward (31 January 1857 – 19 December 1933) was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Great Western Railway Power and Weight Classification

From 1920, the cab side of Great Western Railway (GWR) steam locomotives bore a letter on a coloured disc, which enabled staff to quickly assess the capabilities of locomotives without the need to check tables of data.

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Guy Mannering

Guy Mannering or The Astrologer is a novel by Sir Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815.

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GWR 1000 Class

The Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive.

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GWR 2900 Class 2999 Lady of Legend

No.2999 Lady of Legend is a steam locomotive which is under construction as a "new-build" project, based at Didcot Railway Centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

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GWR 4073 Class

The 4073 Class or Castle class were 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway design built between 1923 and 1950.

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GWR 4700 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4700 Class was a class of nine 2-8-0 steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward.

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GWR 4900 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett.

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GWR 4900 Class 4942 Maindy Hall

GWR 4900 Class No.

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GWR 6800 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6800 Class or Grange Class was a mixed traffic class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive, built to replace the GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0.

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GWR 6959 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive.

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GWR 7800 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive.

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Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England, south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames.

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Henry Beyer Robertson

Sir Henry Beyer Robertson (4 May 1862, Shrewsbury - 2 June 1948, Palé Hall) was the son of Henry Robertson, of Palé Hall, Llandderfel.

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Highnam Court

Highnam Court is a grade I listed country house in Highnam, Gloucestershire, England, constructed in the 17th century.

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Hillingdon Court

Hillingdon Court is a Grade II listed mansion in Hillingdon, within the London Borough of Hillingdon.

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Hundred of Winterstoke

The Hundred of Winterstoke is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown.

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Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1820 in three volumes and subtitled A Romance.

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Lady Godiva

Godiva, Countess of Mercia (died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants.

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Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth is a leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (c.1603–1607).

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Lady of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake is an enchantress in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and legend associated with King Arthur.

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Lalla-Rookh

Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817.

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Lower Langford

Lower Langford is a village within the civil parish of Churchill in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England.

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Madresfield Court

Madresfield Court, Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire is a country house.

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Magnet

A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field.

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Martin of Tours

Saint Martin of Tours (Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316 or 336 – 8 November 397) was Bishop of Tours, whose shrine in France became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

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Mixed-traffic locomotive

A mixed-traffic locomotive is one designed to be capable of hauling both passenger trains and freight trains.

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Persimmon

The persimmon (sometimes spelled persimon) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros.

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Peveril of the Peak

Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott.

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Poppet valve

A poppet valve (also called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of gas or vapour flow into an engine.

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Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward is a historical novel by Walter Scott, first published in 1823.

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Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) is a national society founded in Cheltenham, UK in 1928 to bring together those interested in rail transport and locomotives.

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Redgauntlet

Redgauntlet (1824) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Dumfries, Scotland in 1765, and described by Magnus Magnusson (a point first made by Andrew Lang) as "in a sense, the most autobiographical of Scott's novels."Magnus Magnusson.

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Richard I of England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death.

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Rob Roy (novel)

Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott.

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Robin Hood

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film.

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Saint Cecilia

Saint Cecilia (Sancta Caecilia) is the patroness of musicians.

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Saint David

Saint David (Dewi Sant; Davidus; 500 589) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century; he was later regarded as a saint.

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Saint George

Saint George (Γεώργιος, Geṓrgios; Georgius;; to 23 April 303), according to legend, was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith.

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Saint Helena (disambiguation)

Saint Helena is a British island in the South Atlantic.

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Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas (Ἅγιος Νικόλαος,, Sanctus Nicolaus; 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also called Nikolaos of Myra or Nicholas of Bari, was Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey), and is a historic Christian saint.

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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

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Saint Sebastian

Saint Sebastian (died) was an early Christian saint and martyr.

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Saint Stephen

Stephen (Στέφανος Stéphanos, meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor", often given as a title rather than as a name), (c. AD 5 – c. AD 34) traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity,, St.

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Scrap

Scrap consists of recyclable materials left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials.

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Smokebox

A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a steam locomotive exhaust system.

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Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques

The Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM) is an engineering company with its headquarters in Mulhouse, Alsace which produced railway locomotives, textile and printing machinery, diesel engines, boilers, lifting equipment, firearms and mining equipment.

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Stackpole Estate

Stackpole Estate is located between the villages of Stackpole(Ystangbwll) and Bosherston near Pembroke, Pembrokeshire.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Stephenson valve gear

The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for all kinds of steam engines.

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Superheater

A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam.

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Swindon Works

Swindon railway works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Taplow Court

Taplow Court is a large Victorian house in the village of Taplow in Buckinghamshire, England, which has served as the national headquarters for the Soka Gakkai International of the United Kingdom (SGI-UK) since 1988.

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The Abbot

The Abbot (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott.

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The Bride of Lammermoor

The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819.

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The Lady of Shalott

"The Lady of Shalott" is a ballad by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), recounting The Lady's imprisonment in a tower, her escape and her eventual death.

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The Pirate (novel)

The Pirate is a novel by Walter Scott, based roughly on the life of John Gow who features as Captain Cleveland.

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The Talisman (Scott novel)

The Talisman is a novel by Sir Walter Scott.

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Tortworth Court

Tortworth Court is a Victorian mansion in South Gloucestershire built in Tudor style for the 2nd Earl of Ducie between 1848 and 1853.

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Vincent de Paul

Vincent de Paul (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was a French Roman Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.

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Waverley (novel)

Waverley is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832).

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Wilhelm Schmidt (engineer)

Wilhelm Schmidt, known as Hot Steam Schmidt (German: Heißdampf-Schmidt) (1858–1924) was a German engineer and inventor who achieved the breakthrough in the development of superheated steam technology for steam engines.

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William Dean (engineer)

William Dean (8 January 1840 – 4 September 1905) was the second son of Henry Dean, manager of the Hawes Soap Factory in New Cross, London.

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2-8-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trailing wheels.

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4-4-2 (locomotive)

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents a configuration of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie with a single pivot point, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck which supports part of the weight of the boiler and firebox and gives the class its main improvement over the configuration.

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4-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the configuration of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2900_Class

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