Rail Album - GWR King Class 4-6-0 Steam Engines

King class 4-6-0 6008 "King James II".


	The King class 4-6-0s were designed under the leadership of the Great Western Railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett. With their distinctive curved outside steam pipes and outside bearings on their leading bogie wheels they were introduced to traffic in 1927.

King class 4-6-0. An unidentified member of the class hauling the "Cambrian Coast Express".


	The following DVDs covering the GWR may interest you GWR Locos Along GWR Lines. Volume 3 Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Archive

Diagram of GWR King class 4-6-0 steam locomotive


	Class: Builder: Driving Wheels: Cylinders: Boiler Pressure: Tractive Effort:	King Class GWR Swindon Works 6' 6" 4 (16.5 x 28 ins) 250 lbs / sq in 40,300 lbs

King class 4-6-0 6020 "King Henry IV".


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