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by Mark Karvon
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Accessorize your life with unique stickers from an independent artist! Our vinyl stickers are available in four different sizes and are kiss-cut to create a 1/8" border around the perimeter of the design. Each sticker has an adhesive backing with plenty of stickiness to cling to any smooth surface while still being easy to remove.
Design Details
Built in 1927, the Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class (King Class) were a 4-6-0 type of locomotive designed for passenger service. Aside from... more
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Stickers should be applied to clean, smooth surfaces at room temperature.
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Built in 1927, the Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class (King Class) were a 4-6-0 type of locomotive designed for passenger service. Aside from single pacific type unit built in 1908 (The Great Bear), the King Class locomotives were the largest locomotives built by the GWR. They were named after the kings of the United Kingdom / England.
Designed by by Chief Mechanical Engineer C. B. Collett the locomotives featured four cylinders - 2 outboard and 2 inboard. The inboard cylinders completely occupied the space so the bearings of the lead wheels were relocated to the outside of the wheels. This gave the lead truck of the King Class their unique appearance.
To increase the tractive effort the driving wheels diameter was set at 78" and the first six locomotives to be built had their cylinders bored out to 16.25-inch. This provided an initial tractive effort of 40,300 lbf. Operational experience later showed trouble with the loading gauge clearance of the outer cylinders. Th...
Prints of all artworks are available at www.markkarvon.com. All artworks are copyright Mark Karvon. As a kid in the suburbs of Chicago, I always was interested in the mechanical creations of man. There is something about a purpose of design and the engineering solution to achieve that purpose that always created a spark in my mind. The forms those machines took were captivating to me - the pointed nose of a fighter jet; the exposed driving wheels of a mighty steam engine, the streamlined shape of a submarine. And the stories of the incredible experiences of the men who operated those machines are the stuff of legends and sometimes nightmares. From an early age I tried to express my fascination through drawing. I suppose my first...
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