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Great Western Railway and Steam locomotive

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Difference between Great Western Railway and Steam locomotive

Great Western Railway vs. Steam locomotive

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

Similarities between Great Western Railway and Steam locomotive

Great Western Railway and Steam locomotive have 21 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bogie, British Rail, Didcot Railway Centre, Diesel locomotive, George Jackson Churchward, Great Central Railway, GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro, GWR 6000 Class, Heritage railway, Loading gauge, London and North Western Railway, Metropolitan Railway, Rail freight transport, Railway coupling, Railway semaphore signal, Railways Act 1921, Robert Stephenson and Company, Severn Valley Railway, Tender (rail), The Railway Magazine, Vacuum brake.

Bogie

A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.

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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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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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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.

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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 Central Railway

The Great Central Railway (GCR) in England came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension (see Great Central Main Line).

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GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro

The GWR 3700 Class steam locomotive No.

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GWR 6000 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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Metropolitan Railway

The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.

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Rail freight transport

Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.

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Railway coupling

A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train.

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Railway semaphore signal

Semaphore is of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals.

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Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914–1918.

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Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England.

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Tender (rail)

A tender or coal-car is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, or oil) and water.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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Vacuum brake

The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s.

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Great Western Railway and Steam locomotive Comparison

Great Western Railway has 280 relations, while Steam locomotive has 495. As they have in common 21, the Jaccard index is 2.71% = 21 / (280 + 495).

References

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