What is the top speed of the GWR King class?

In September 1955 workings of the Cornish Riviera Express were timed and speeds of up to 108½mph were recorded on trains hauled by King class locomotives. This is the fastest authenticated speed achieved on the GWR (although 6001 King Edward VII is claimed to have achieved a speed of 109mph in 1951).



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