GWR 6959 Class

class of 71 two-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
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GWR 6959 Class

Summary

GWR 6959 Class is a locomotive class[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of locomotive_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • GWR 6959 Class is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • GWR 6959 Class's image is recorded as Banbury 1 station geograph-2498897-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg[4].
  • GWR 6959 Class's instance of is recorded as locomotive class[5].
  • GWR 6959 Class's operator is recorded as Great Western Railway[6].
  • GWR 6959 Class's operator is recorded as Western Region of British Railways[7].
  • GWR 6959 Class's follows is recorded as GWR 4900 Class[8].
  • GWR 6959 Class's manufacturer is recorded as Swindon Works[9].
  • GWR 6959 Class's subclass of is recorded as tender locomotive[10].
  • GWR 6959 Class's designed by is recorded as Frederick Hawksworth[11].
  • GWR 6959 Class's Commons category is recorded as GWR 6959 Class[12].
  • GWR 6959 Class's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • GWR 6959 Class's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06l4sm[14].
  • GWR 6959 Class's service entry is recorded as +1944-03-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • GWR 6959 Class's service retirement is recorded as +1965-12-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • GWR 6959 Class's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GWR 6959 Class[17].
  • GWR 6959 Class's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[18].
  • GWR 6959 Class's total produced is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+71'}[19].
  • GWR 6959 Class's number of cylinders is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[20].
  • GWR 6959 Class's bore is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q218593', 'amount': '+18.5'}[21].
  • GWR 6959 Class's stroke is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q218593', 'amount': '+30'}[22].
  • GWR 6959 Class's fleet or registration number is recorded as 6959 – 6999, 7900 – 7929[23].
  • GWR 6959 Class's wheel arrangement is recorded as 4-6-0[24].
  • GWR 6959 Class's order number is recorded as 350, 366, 368, 376[25].

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Geography

GWR 6959 Class is in the country of United Kingdom[3].

Designation and Status

GWR 6959 Class's instance of is recorded as locomotive class[5].

Why It Matters

GWR 6959 Class ranks in the top 7% of locomotive_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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