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GWR 6000 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1927· class of 30 four-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 6024 King Edward I at The Didcot Railway Centre in June 1994: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. King George V at Birmingham Snow Hill: Flying Stag· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 6013 "King Henry VIII" at West Bromwich: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 6017 Wolverhampton Stafford road MPD 17-02-63 (2) (26520574816): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 6021 "King Richard II": Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
- 6. GWR King, Castle and Star classes (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 7. GWR King-class, 6011 King James I (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 8. GWR 60xx Class 4-6-0 No 6008 'King James II' rushes past the Warwick Gas Works siding: Unknown photographer· Public domain
- 9. Image from page 198 of "Railway and locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock" (1901) 6000: Internet Archive Book Images· CC0
- 10. GWR 6023 King Edward II Didcot 3rd March 2024: BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
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. They were the largest locomotives built by the GWR, apart from the unique Pacific (The Great Bear). The class was named after kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the then reigning monarch, George V, and going back through history.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 35 years (1927–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927–1936
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 31
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Charles Collett
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 20.7 m
- weight
- 90.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4039206, Wikipedia: GWR 6000 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.