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  2. Great Western Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841.

  3. Great Western Railway (train operating company) - Wikipedia

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    Great Western Railway ( GWR) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western passenger railway franchise. It manages 197 stations and its trains call at over 270. GWR operates long-distance inter-city services along the Great Western Main Line to and from the West of England and South Wales, inter-city ...

  4. Locomotives of the Great Western Railway - Wikipedia

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    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. He designed several different 7 ft 1⁄4 in ( 2,140 mm) broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class 2-2-2s.

  5. Chicago Great Western Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Great Western Railway ( reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheus Beede Stickney in 1885 as a regional line between St. Paul and the Iowa state line called the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad. Through mergers and new construction, the railroad ...

  6. GWR 1400 Class - Wikipedia

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    GWR 4800 class (later 1400 class) Water cap. 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 the 4800 Class when introduced in 1932, and renumbered in 1946. Although credited to Charles Collett, the design dated back to 1868 with the ...

  7. GWR 4073 Class - Wikipedia

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    The 4073 or Castle Class are 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway, built between 1923 and 1950. [2] They were designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working the company's express passenger trains. They could reach speeds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h).

  8. Coaches of the Great Western Railway - Wikipedia

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    Coaches of the Great Western Railway. The passenger coaches of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were many and varied, ranging from four and six-wheeled vehicles for the original broad gauge line of 1838, through to bogie coaches up to 70 feet (21 m) long which were in service through to 1947. Vacuum brakes, bogies and through-corridors all came ...

  9. GWR 6000 Class - Wikipedia

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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. 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 ...

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