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 King class locomotives were only allowed to operate on a limited number of lines on the GWR because of their size. 6000 was thus allowed on one or two lines but never operated outside of the Western Region.

Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class King George V is a preserved British steam locomotive. After developing the "new" GWR Star Class in the form of the GWR Castle Class, chief mechanical engineer Charles Collett was faced with the need to develop an even more powerful locomotive to pull 13+ carriage express trains. [1]

Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class 6023 King Edward II is a preserved steam locomotive. The locomotive was built at the Great Western Railway 's Swindon Works, out-shopped in …

The following information provides a complete list of GWR 6000 King Class steam locomotives from number 6000 to number 6029, built between the years of 1927 - 1936:

6000 travelled to the USA along with the replica broad gauge engine North Star. The boiler of 6000 was loaded onto the ship separately from the frame as there was no crane available that could lift the whole locomotive. The Baltimore & Ohio Railway centenary exhibition attracted a quarter of a million visitors during the three weeks it was held.

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 Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927. They were the largest locomotives built by the GWR, apart from the unique Pacific.

GWR 6000 Class 6014 King Henry VII was a King -class 4-6-0 steam locomotive that was built at GWR's Swindon Works in May 1928. He was first allocated to Newton Abbot. He was fitted with streamlining from March 1935, but all was removed by January 1943 except for the 'v'-shaped cab. In August 1950, his next shed allocation was Old Oak Common.

Based at the Bulmer Railway Centre at Hereford, (also known as 'Bulmer's Steam Centre'), the 6000 Locomotive Association ("6000 LA") operated the Centre on behalf of H.P. Bulmer Ltd. Its particular concern was the stewardship of ex- GWR King class locomotive 6000 King George V ("KGV") during its tenure there. [1]