Invention and Engineering

GWR 111 The Great Bear

The Great Bear, number 111, was a one-off 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive of the Great Western Railway. It was the first 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive used on a railway in Great Britain, and the only one of its type built by the GWR.

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• ▸East Midlands
• ▸Ferdinand Burgdorff
• ▸DRG locomotive types

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