Talk:GWR 6000 Class 6023 King Edward II

First wheels cast in preservation?
I've read this claim several times, although I was just wondering how it's different from Tornado, which presumably had to have all of its wheels cast from new? Bob talk 10:01, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Ten years earlier, for one thing. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:11, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Bridge testing in 1962?
"However, in light of the instalation of a new bridge west of Bristol towards South Wales, it was coupled to its twin, 6024 King Edward I, and towed to the bridge for weight testing purposes"

Any idea which bridge? "West" isn't the obvious route from Bristol to South Wales and I can't think of an underbridge on the Pilning line either. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:18, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Shunting accident
Regarding "the rear driving wheels being badly damaged in a shunting accident" - this is not quite true. As I recall from the Railway Magazine, what happened was that Woodham's had sold a loco that was parked behind 6023, and to release that loco, they needed to shunt 6023 out of the way. During the shunting operation the rear wheels of 6023 became derailed; and rather than re-rail the loco, Woodham's simply cut all the spokes on both derailed wheels with an acetylene torch so that the rims fell off (presumably those were then scrapped). It was then possible to move the loco on its eight remaining wheels. -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:27, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

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