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GWR Leo Class

Index GWR Leo Class

The Great Western Railway Leo Class 2-4-0 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. [1]

39 relations: American bison, Aquarius (astrology), Aries (astrology), Broad-gauge railway, Cancer (astrology), Capricorn (astrology), Daniel Gooch, Deodand, Dromedary, Elephant, Fenton, Murray and Jackson, Gemini (astrology), Great Western Railway, Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hekla, Leo (astrology), Libra (astrology), Mount Etna, Newton Abbot railway station, Pisces (astrology), Plymouth, R and W Hawthorn, Reading railway station, Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell, Sagittarius (astrology), Scorpio (astrology), Scrap, Sonning Cutting, South Devon Railway Company, Steam locomotive, Stromboli, Tank locomotive, Taurus (astrology), Torre railway station, Virgo (astrology), Volcano, Whyte notation, Zodiac, 2-4-0.

American bison

The American bison or simply bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo or simply buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds.

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Aquarius (astrology)

Aquarius (♒) is the eleventh astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation Aquarius.

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Aries (astrology)

Aries (♈) (meaning "ram") is the first astrological sign in the zodiac, spanning the first 30 degrees of celestial longitude (0°≤.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Cancer (astrology)

Cancer (♋️) is the fourth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Cancer.

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Capricorn (astrology)

Capricorn ♑- is the tenth astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Capricornus.

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Daniel Gooch

Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885.

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Deodand

A deodand is a thing forfeited or given to God, specifically, in law, an object or instrument that becomes forfeited because it has caused a person's death.

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Dromedary

The dromedary, also called the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), is a large, even-toed ungulate with one hump on its back.

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Elephant

Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.

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Fenton, Murray and Jackson

Fenton, Murray and Jackson was an engineering company at the Round Foundry off Water Lane in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Gemini (astrology)

Gemini (pronunciation: (♊) is the third astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Gemini. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between May 21 and June 21. Gemini is represented by the twins Castor and Pollux. The symbol of the twins is based on the Dioscuri, one mortal and one immortal, that were granted shared half-immortality after the death of the mortal brother (Castor).

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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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Hawthorn Leslie and Company

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Hekla

Hekla, or Hecla, is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of.

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Leo (astrology)

Leo (♌) (Greek: Λέων, Leōn), is the fifth astrological sign of the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Leo.

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Libra (astrology)

Libra (♎) is the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac.

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Mount Etna

Mount Etna, or Etna (Etna or Mongibello; Mungibeddu or â Muntagna; Aetna), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania.

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Newton Abbot railway station

Newton Abbot railway station serves the town of Newton Abbot in Devon, England.

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Pisces (astrology)

Pisces (♓️) (Ἰχθύες Ikhthyes) is the twelfth astrological sign in the Zodiac.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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R and W Hawthorn

R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from 1817 until 1885.

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Reading railway station

Reading railway station is a major transport hub in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell

Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell was an engineering company in Bolton, England.

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Sagittarius (astrology)

Sagittarius (♐) (Greek: Τοξότης Toxotes, Latin: Sagittarius) is the ninth astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Sagittarius and spans 240–270th degrees of the zodiac.

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Scorpio (astrology)

Scorpio is the eighth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Scorpius.

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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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Sonning Cutting

Sonning Cutting is on the original Great Western Railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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South Devon Railway Company

The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England.

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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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Stromboli

Stromboli (Struògnuli, Ancient Greek: Στρογγύλη, Strongulē) is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy.

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Tank locomotive

A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.

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Taurus (astrology)

Taurus (Latin for "the Bull"; symbol:, Unicode: ♉) is the second astrological sign in the present zodiac.

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Torre railway station

Torre railway station is a suburban station on the Riviera Line in Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.

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Virgo (astrology)

Virgo (♍) (Greek: Παρθένος, Parthenos), is the sixth astrological sign in the Zodiac.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Whyte notation

The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth century following a December 1900 editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal.

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Zodiac

The zodiac is an area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.

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2-4-0

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

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References

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

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