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A GWR brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “6001”. This superb ex-loco ...

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A GWR brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “6001”. This superb ex-loco ...
A GWR brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “6001”. This superb ex-loco numberplate (the first of the King class available to collectors) was carried by “KING EDWARD VII” which was built at Swindon in July 1927 under Lot 243 at a cost of £6,383 plus another £1,036 for the 4000 gallons Collett tender. Uniquely this locomotive was fitted with a small window on the driver’s side. A longtime Old Oak Common locomotive for pulling the top expresses, she was painted in 1948 with ultramarine blue, then in 1950 with Caledonian blue livery with black and white lining (Brunswick green was restored in 1952). In 1953 she did a controlled road test hauling 25 coaches at an average of just under 60 m.p.h. In October 1954 she moved to Stafford Road where she spent the rest of her days being withdrawn in September 1962 after running 1,941,044 miles in service (second only to King Henry VIII). She was cut up by Cox and Danks of Langley Green, Oldbury, Birmingham in December 1962.
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