Great Western Railways’ 4-6-0 “King” Class Locomotives.

“Night Stop”.

Painting by Don Breckon.

Illustration: COURTENAY’S FINE ART

Great Western Railways 4-6-0 

“King” Class Locomotive 

“King Richard III”, No. 6015.

On a cold, Wintry morning, Great Western Railway’s 

“King” Class 4-6-0 Locomotive No. 6024 “King Edward I” storms up Horfield Bank, Bristol, with the “Shropshire Monarch” Train bound for Shrewsbury.

Photo: 27 November 2010.

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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).

Great Western Railways 4-6-0

“King” Class Locomotive

“King Edward I”, No. 6024.

Didcot Railway Centre, June 1994,

presumably being run by a Railway

Enthusiasts and Preservation Society.

Date: 4 May 2020.

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This Class of Locomotive was named after Kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the then reigning Monarch, George V, and going back through history.[a] 

They handled the principal GWR Expresses on the Main Line from London to the West of England and on the Chiltern Line to Birmingham and Wolverhampton, until 1962 when the Class was withdrawn.[2][3]