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- BR_Standard_Class_8 height "3962.4".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 length "20421.6".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 width "2743.2".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 abstract "The BR Standard Class 8 was a class of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for use by British Railways. Only the prototype was constructed, which was named Duke of Gloucester. Constructed at Crewe Works in 1954, the Duke, as it is popularly known, was a replacement for the destroyed Princess Royal Class locomotive number 46202 Princess Anne, which was involved in the Harrow and Wealdstone rail disaster of 1952.The Duke was based on the BR Standard Class 7 Britannia design. It incorporated three sets of modified Caprotti valve gear, relatively new to British locomotive engineering and more efficient than Walschaerts or Stephenson valve gear. The Duke was regarded as a failure by locomotive crews due to its poor steaming characteristics and its heavy fuel consumption. Trials undertaken by British Railways also returned negative feedback, reporting problems with the poor draughting of the locomotive which resulted in difficulty adhering to the timetables.The result was an operational period of only eight years. This unique locomotive was saved from being scrapped at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales when it was purchased by a group of railway enthusiasts who restored it from scrapyard to as-built condition in 13 years. Since then, modifications have been made to the original design, resulting in one of the most efficient and powerful steam locomotives ever to run in Britain. As a result, the Duke of Gloucester can frequently be seen on the mainline around Britain.".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 activeYearsEndYear "1954".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 activeYearsStartYear "1954".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 builder Crewe_Works.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 designer Robert_Riddles.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 height "3.9624".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 length "20.4216".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 numberBuilt "1".
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- BR_Standard_Class_8 thumbnail Hugh_llewelyn_71000_(5363551073).jpg?width=300.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 width "2.7432".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageExternalLink theduke.uk.com.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageExternalLink www.dukeofgloucester.co.uk.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageExternalLink ssphotos4.htm.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageID "974384".
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- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageOutDegree "74".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageRevisionID "707054532".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink 4-6-2.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink BR_Standard_Class_6.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink BR_Standard_Class_7.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Barry,_Vale_of_Glamorgan.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Barry_Island.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Blastpipe.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Boiler.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Brass.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_Class_40.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink British_Railways_Board.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Caprotti_valve_gear.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Carlisle_railway_station.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:4-6-2_locomotives.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Railways_standard_classes.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Individual_locomotives_of_Great_Britain.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Locomotives_saved_from_Woodham_Brothers_scrapyard.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Preserved_British_Railways_Standard_steam_locomotives.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Railway_locomotives_introduced_in_1954.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Standard_gauge_railway_locomotives.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Unique_locomotives.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Crewe_Works.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Dai_Woodham.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Damper_(flow).
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Ductile_iron.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Euston_railway_station.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Firebox_(steam_engine).
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Heenan_&_Froude.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink History_of_rail_transport_in_Great_Britain_1948–1994.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Holyhead.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Kylchap.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink LMS_Coronation_Class.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink LMS_Princess_Royal_Class.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink LMS_Turbomotive.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink LMS_locomotive_numbering_and_classification.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Loading_gauge.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink London_Midland_Region_of_British_Railways.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Model_Engineer.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink National_Railway_Museum.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink North_Wales_Coast_Line.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Poppet_valve.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Railtour.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Riddles.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Science_Museum,_London.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Smoke_deflectors.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Smokebox.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink South_Wales.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Steam_locomotive.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Stephenson_valve_gear.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Swindon_Works.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Walschaerts_valve_gear.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink West_Coast_Main_Line.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Woodham_Brothers.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink Wrecking_yard.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink File:71000_DUKE_OF_GLOUCESTER_East_Lancashire_Railway.jpg.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink File:Hugh_llewelyn_71000_(6812160047).jpg.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLink File:The_Duke_of_Gloucester_at_Townsend_Fold.jpg.
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Duke of Gloucester''".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "71000 "Duke of Gloucester"".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "71000 Duke of Gloucester".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "71000".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "8".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "BR Class 8P 71000 'Duke of Gloucester'".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "BR Standard Class 8 4-6-2".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "BR Standard Class 8 71000 ''Duke of Gloucester''".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "BR Standard Class 8".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "BR Standard Class 8P".
- BR_Standard_Class_8 wikiPageWikiLinkText "BR standard class 8 71000 ''Duke of Gloucester''".