The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotives, designed by G.J. Churchward for mixed traffic duties. 342 were...
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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...
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Availability. Like the 'Granges', the 'Manors' used parts from the GWR 4300 Class Moguls but just on the first batch of twenty. Twenty were built between...
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types on the GWR and other British railways before them, - not least the GWR 4300 Class they were designed to replace.) Although the GWR had been at the...
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4300 may refer to: IBM 4300 mainframe computer NS 4300 steam locomotives GWR 4300 Class steam locomotives Autolite 4300 carburetor The last year of the...
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The N class was based on the GWR 4300 Class design, improved with Midland Railway concepts. The N class was mechanically similar to the SECR K class 2-6-4...
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The GWR 5101 Class or 'Large Prairie' is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. The 5101 Class were medium-sized tank engines...
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GWR 6800 Class No. 6880 Betton Grange is a steam locomotive built between 1998 and 2024 as a "new-build" project, originally based on the Llangollen Railway...
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Churchward for the GWR. Developed from Maunsell's previous SR U class design, the U1 class shared characteristics with Churchward's GWR 4300 Class. The U1 prototype...
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The GWR 5700 Class (or 57xx class) is a class of 0-6-0PT steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929...
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War, the running department of the GWR identified the need for a larger version of the successful GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 incorporating the Swindon No....
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Great Western Railway (GWR) express passenger locomotives. The Star class was designed to take the top express trains on the GWR, with 61 in service by...
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locomotives were based on the GWR 4300 class, improved by the Midland Railway's ideals of simplicity and ease of maintenance. The K class was designed to be mechanically...
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N class. The N class principles applied to the U class design aided mass production, and incorporated several features found on the GWR 4300 Class locomotives...
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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...
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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...
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The GWR 4100 Class was a class of steam locomotives in the Great Western Railway (GWR) of the United Kingdom. The Badminton class express passenger 4-4-0...
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4200 Class 2-8-0T GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 GWR 4400 Class 2-6-2T GWR 4500 Class 2-6-2T GWR 4600 Class 4-4-2T GWR 4700 Class 2-8-0 GWR steam rail motors GWR petrol-electric...
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another is assigned. SR Class U 31625 is TOPS 98426 as it would otherwise duplicate GWR 7325 (TOPS 98425), BR Standard Class 8 71000 Duke of Gloucester...
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locomotive of GER Class 527, and the first 2-6-0 to be built for use in Great Britain GWR Churchward Mogul, alternative name for the GWR 4300 Class built by the...
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Duke Class boilers on Bulldog Class frames. As such they were one of the last standard gauge steam locomotive classes to retain outside frames. The GWR absorbed...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6959 or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles...
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(Stanier would have been familiar with the GWR 4300 Class). In an effort to please Stanier, Horwich had designed a GWR style top-feed cover and locomotive 13245...
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The GWR 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by the Great Western Railway for branch line passenger work. It was originally classified as...
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to the 1912 renumbering of GWR 4-4-0 locomotives. Those Dukes rebuilt as Bulldogs were renumbered as members of that class in the series 3300–3455. The...
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The Great Western Railway Premier Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between February...
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Lord of the Isles (the last to be withdrawn) was initially preserved by the GWR at Swindon Works, but was scrapped in January 1906 owing to the pressure...
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Railway in June 1872, where it was renamed Stromboli. It returned to the GWR upon absorption of the SDR in 1876, when it was given the number 2138 but...
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Western Railway (GWR) 8000 or Cathedral Class was a class of proposed 4-6-2 steam locomotive. This locomotive class would have been the GWR's second attempt...
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1981. 9 GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0 5 GWR 4073 Class Castle class 4-6-0 5 GWR 4200 Class 2-8-0T 2 GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 - No. 5322 was the first GWR locomotive...
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