Painted and lined in G.W.R. green and black, with nameplates and cabside number plates, twin outside cylinders and valve gear, the buffer beam with sprung buffers, vacuum pipe and screw link coupling, lamps and bell above, the front bogie and six-wheel tender with sprung axles, the cab with safety valves, drain cocks and planked floor, mounted on ballasted track and glazed display case
14 in. (37 cm.) high; 57 in. (144.8 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The first of thirty 'King' Class locomotives built at the Swindon works by the Great Western Railway No. 6000 was named after the then monarch when completed in June 1927. The bell, seldom found on British locomotives, was a presentation gift from the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company in commemoration of its centenary celebration when the locomotive was shipped to the United States in August 1927. After returning it then covered 1,910,424 miles before being withdrawn from service in December 1962. The engine is preserved as part of the National Railway Museum Collection.