The Great Bear, number 111, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive used on a railway in Great Britain, [2] and the only one of its type built by the GWR.

The Great Bear, number 111, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive used on a Great Britain railway, and the only one of its type built by the GWR.

The number 111 was the largest steam locomotive in Great Britain at the time and, despite the sixth axle, achieved an axle load of 20.8 tons. At the time, the only GWR route capable of handling such heavy loads was the Great Western Main Line from London-Paddington to Bristol.

The Great Western Railway No. 111, was a locomotive designed & built by George Jackson Churchward in 1908. It was unique in being only one member & also the only 4-6-2 (Pacific) the GWR would build or own. It also is the first pacific type used in Great Britain.

The Great Bear was built in 1908 to satisfy demands from the directors for the largest locomotive in Britain, and much was made of the locomotive by the GWR's publicity department.

Die Nr. 111 The Great Bear, deutsch Der große Bär, der Great Western Railway (GWR) war die erste Pacific-Lokomotive einer britischen Bahngesellschaft. Die Lokomotive wurde von G.J. Churchward entworfen, dem damaligen Chief Mechanical Engineer der GWR. Ihr war jedoch kein Erfolg beschieden, weshalb sie 1924 abgebrochen wurde.

2008年6月6日 · The Great Bear, number 111, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive used on a railway in Great Britain, and the only one of that type ever built by the GWR There are differing views as to why Churchward and the GWR should have built a pacific locomotive in 1908 when current and future ...

2023年9月9日 · English: Great Western Railway 111 The Great Bear of 1908 was the first British locomotive with the 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement.

It was the first 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive used on a Great Britain railway, and the only one of its type built by the GWR. here are differing views as to why Churchward and the GWR should have built a Pacific locomotive in 1908 when current and future locomotive practice for the railway was centred on the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.

2023年10月30日 · The 111 Class was the first real class to be designed and built by Joseph Armstrong at Wolverhampton, but to my mind its very much a development of the earlier singles I've previously sketched here. The first six were built in 1863/4 under Joseph Armstrong.