Editing Great Western Railway (section)

===Locomotives named ''Great Western''===
[[File:43185 Nameplate.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A black nameplate stating "Great Western" with a multi-coloured shield above.|The nameplate on [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|First Great Western power car 43185]]]]
Several locomotives have been given the name ''Great Western''. The first was an [[GWR Iron Duke class|Iron Duke class]] broad-gauge locomotive built in 1846, the first locomotive entirely constructed at the company's [[Swindon Works]]. This was withdrawn in 1870, but in 1888 a newly built locomotive in the same class was given the same name; this was withdrawn four years later when the broad gauge was taken out of use.{{sfn|Sheppard|2008|pages=17–18}} A standard-gauge [[GWR 3031 Class|3031 class]] locomotive, number 3012, was then given the name. The last GWR locomotive to carry the name was [[GWR 4073 Class|Castle class]] number 7007, which continued to carry it in British Railways days.<ref name=LocoNames>{{cite book|last=Pike |first=Jim |title=Locomotive Names |year=2000 |publisher=Sutton Publishing |location=Stroud |isbn=0-7509-2284-2 | page=53}}</ref>

The name later reappeared on some [[British Rail|BR]] [[diesel locomotive|diesels]]. The first was 47500 which carried the name from 1979 until 1991.<ref>{{cite web | title =Number 47500 | work =The 47's | year =2009 | url =http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_numbers.php?s_loco=47500 | access-date =11 March 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071026171533/http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_numbers.php?s_loco=47500 | archive-date =26 October 2007 | url-status =live }}</ref> Another [[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]], this time 47815, had the name bestowed on it in 2005; it is currently (2009) in operation with [[Riviera Trains]].<ref>{{cite web | title =Number 47815 | work =The 47's | year =2009 | url =http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_numbers.php?index=2&jndex=4&kndex=14&s_loco=47815 | access-date =20 November 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110719014810/http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_numbers.php?index=2&jndex=4&kndex=14&s_loco=47815 | archive-date =19 July 2011 | url-status =live }}</ref> [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|High Speed Train power car]] number 43185 also carried the same name<ref name=LocoNames/> and was operated by the modern [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]<ref>{{cite web | title =HST Power Car Fleet List | work =125 Group | url =http://www.125group.org.uk/fleetlist.pdf | access-date =11 March 2009 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130722231406/http://www.125group.org.uk/fleetlist.pdf | archive-date =22 July 2013 | df =dmy-all }}</ref> until 18 May 2019.
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