The Great Western Railway (GWR) 8000 or Cathedral Class was a class of proposed 4-6-2 steam locomotive. This locomotive class would have been the GWR's second attempt at designing a 4-6-2 locomotive, following No. 111 The Great Bear .

Building on the lessons learnt from the Great Western Railway’s experimental engine, No.111, and taking inspiration from the London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s Duchess- and Princess-class Pacific-type 4-6-2 locomotives, Hawksworth constructed the Cathedral-class at the Great Western Railway’s Swindon Works, testing many of the features that ...

2022年4月8日 · The Great Western Railway (GWR) 8000 Class or Cathedral Class is a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1946. They were the largest locomotives built by the GWR. The class was named after cathedrals of England.

The GWR Cathedral Class (also known as the GWR 8000 Class) was a proposed locomotive design that would have been the GWR's Second Attempt at a 4-6-2 "Pacific" Type locomotive after their very...

Here is Nick Parsons' superb OO interpretation of how the mythical 'Cathedral' Class might have looked if it had become a 4-6-2: "Exeter Cathedral" No. 8001 in all its glory. The loco was constructed by using parts from the Hornby (China) LMS Princess, the Hornby BR (ex-GWR) King and a Hornby GWR Hawksworth tender top.

2024年12月8日 · Cathedral sprites by @midnightexpress3604 (at least that's what he says)

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2018年10月21日 · Great Western Railway 8000 "Cathedral" Class 4-8-0 During the 1920s and 1930s, Britain's relative isolation from the turmoils of continental Europe allowed for major innovations in business. Railways were far from an exception, and the 1930s especially would be remembered by British railways as the era of innovation in terms of both locomotives ...

2010年7月24日 · There were 30 Cathedral class built numbered 6000 to 6029 but they were named after the Kings of England as the first one was going across the pond as this was more striking of a name. i take it you found the cathedrals class on this page?: http://www.gwr.org.uk/galmeadows1.html.

Dark tries something very special: The fictional GWR 'Cathedral' Pacific!