#1298
GWR 4000 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1906· class of 73 four-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hugh Llewelyn 4003 (5368245926): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 4061 "Glastonbury Abbey" at West Bromwich: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
- 3. GWR King, Castle and Star classes (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 4. Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911) (14572281910): Internet Archive Book Images· No restrictions
- 5. Great Western Railway, 4-6-0, "Star Class", No. 4035 "Queen Charlotte" (cropped): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 6. Great Western Railway, 4-6-0, "Star Class", No. 4035 "Queen Charlotte": Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 7. 4003 Tyseley Locomotive Works - 24826594832: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. 4003 Tyseley Locomotive Works - 40557994873: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. 4003 Tyseley Locomotive Works - 40557995163: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. 4003 Tyseley Locomotive Works - 40557995553: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Great Western Railway 4000 or Star are 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 introduced from early 1907. The prototype was built as a 4-4-2 Atlantic (but converted to 4-6-0 during 1909). They proved to be a successful design which handled the heaviest long-distance express trains, reaching top speeds of 90 mph (145 km/h), and established the design principles for GWR 4-cylinder classes over the next twenty-five years.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Served for 51 years (1906–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1923
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1957
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 73
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- George Jackson Churchward
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514953, Wikipedia: GWR 4000 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.