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Locomotive KING GEORGE V, glass negative
View of G.W.R. 4-6-0 locomotive number '6000' KING GEORGE V with caption top right reading '"KING GEORGE V" / (BRITAIN'S MOST POWERFUL PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE). / DESIGNED AND BUILT AT SWINDON BY MR C.B. COLLETT, / CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY'.
The KING GEORGE V was Britain's most powerful passenger locomotive at the time it was built. Designed and built by C.B. Collett at Swindon.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1998.182/1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Great Western Railway
Association Type: railway company
Date: unknown date
Acquisition
Old stock, 6/7/1998
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 108
Material
glass
Location
In store
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