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 ).

Summary: GWR 6000 King Class was a range of 30 steam locomotives built by Great Western Railways at Swindon Works from 1927 to 1928, 1930 and 1936, and named after Great British Kings. The locos were the Railway's largest express passenger trains and they were designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Benjamin Collett.

2013年7月21日 · With the design of the 'Kings', the concept of a big four-cylinder 4-6-0 had reached its zenith. MacIntosh found this with his big-boilered inside-cylinder locos culminating in the Cardean class - superb to look at, heavy on coal and incapable of further development.

2022年4月14日 · “This Great Western Railway of England will send as an exhibit to the Baltimore and Ohio centenary this fall the first of its new ‘King’ class locomotives. Breathes there a man with no soul so dead that he doesn’t thrill a little at such news?

6024 King Edward I is a preserved Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class steam locomotive operated from 1930 to 1962 by the Great Western Railway and latterly British Railways hauling express passenger services.

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.

The King class was the most powerful ever British 4-6-0 design, having the highest permissible axleload of 22½ tons, and the largest firegrate (34.3 sq ft) of any British narrow firebox locomotive design.

'King' class details, 6000 - 6029. 6000 King George V. Built June 1927. Shipped to America August 1927 to join in Baltimore & Ohio Centenary celebrations. Presented with bell and cabside medallions. First shed allocation Old Oak Common. August 1950 shed allocation Bristol, Bath Road. 'Alfloc' water treatment fitted 1954.

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 June 1930. For most of its working life it was allocated to Newton Abbot and Laira depots, working express passenger trains to and from Devon to London Paddington.

King Edward I ran for over thirty years on the Great Western Railway and the Western Region of British Railways, regularly hauling prestige express passenger services such as the “Cornish Riviera Express”, “The Bristolian”, “The Inter City” and the “Cambrian Coast Express”.