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GWR 4000 Class

Index GWR 4000 Class

The Great Western Railway 4000 or Star were a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1906. [1]

35 relations: BR Standard Class 7, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star, Compound locomotive, Cornish Riviera Express, Dawlish railway station, Evesham Abbey, GCR Class 9P, George Jackson Churchward, GWR 111 The Great Bear, GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star, GWR 4073 Class, GWR 4073 Class 7028 Cadbury Castle, GWR 4900 Class, GWR 6000 Class, GWR 6000 Class 6000 King George V, GWR locomotive numbering and classification, History of Snow Hill, L&YR 2-10-0 (Hughes), Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, Lawrence Hill railway station, List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives, List of locomotives, List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection, Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Naming of British railway rolling stock, National Railway Museum, North Star (disambiguation), Pendon Museum, Princess Charlotte, Star (disambiguation), Star class, The British Railway series, 1907 in rail transport, 4-4-2 (locomotive), 4-6-0.

BR Standard Class 7

The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed traffic duties.

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BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star

BR standard class 9F number 92220 Evening Star is a preserved British steam locomotive completed in 1960.

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Compound locomotive

A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.

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Cornish Riviera Express

The Cornish Riviera Express is a British express passenger train that has run between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall since 1904.

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Dawlish railway station

Dawlish railway station is on the Exeter to Plymouth line and serves the town of Dawlish in Devon, England.

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Evesham Abbey

Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire, England between 700 and 710 AD following an alleged vision of the Virgin Mary by a swineherd by the name of Eof.

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GCR Class 9P

GCR Class 9P was a design of four-cylinder steam locomotive of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement built for hauling express passenger trains on the Great Central Railway in England.

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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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GWR 111 The Great Bear

The Great Bear, number 111, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway.

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GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star

Lode Star is the only remaining GWR 4000 Class locomotive.

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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 4073 Class 7028 Cadbury Castle

Number 7028 Cadbury Castle was a Great Western Railway 4073 ''Castle'' class 4-6-0 steam locomotive built at the former GWR Swindon Works on 19 May 1950.

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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 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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GWR 6000 Class 6000 King George V

Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class King George V is a preserved British steam locomotive.

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GWR locomotive numbering and classification

The GWR was the longest-lived of the pre-nationalisation railway companies in Britain, surviving the 'Grouping' of the railways in 1923 almost unchanged.

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History of Snow Hill

History of Snow Hill is a mural in Birmingham, England about Birmingham Snow Hill station.

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L&YR 2-10-0 (Hughes)

The L&YR 2-10-0 was a prospective design for a class of 2-10-0 steam locomotives on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

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Laira Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot

Laira T&RSMD is a railway Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot situated in Plymouth, Devon, England.

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Lawrence Hill railway station

Lawrence Hill railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and Cross Country Route, serving the inner-city districts of Easton and Lawrence Hill in Bristol, England.

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List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives

Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950.

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List of locomotives

This is a list of locomotives (classes, or individual locomotives) that currently have articles in Wikipedia.

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List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection

The UK National Collection is a collection of around 280 historic rail vehicles (predominantly of British origin).

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Locomotives of the Great Western Railway

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.

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Naming of British railway rolling stock

Since the invention of the very first railway steam locomotive in 1804, railway companies have applied names to their locomotives, carriages and multiple units.

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National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.

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North Star (disambiguation)

North Star is a name of Polaris in its role as northern pole star, the prominent star that lies closest in the sky to the north celestial pole, and thus appears (approximately) directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North Pole.

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Pendon Museum

Pendon Museum, located in Long Wittenham near Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, is a museum that displays scale models, in particular an extremely large scene representing parts of the Vale of White Horse in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Princess Charlotte

Princess Charlotte may refer to.

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Star (disambiguation)

A star is a luminous astronomical object.

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Star class

Star class may refer to.

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The British Railway series

The British Railway Stories (formerly The British Railway Series) is a series of books and films written and filmed by Simon A.C. Martin and illustrated by railway artist Dean Walker.

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1907 in rail transport

No description.

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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_4000_Class

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