A Star class locomotive was a particular type of steam locomotive of the Great Western Railway. The prototype was an experimental locomotive North Star (originally given number 40) constructed with the ‘Atlantic’ 4-4-2 wheel arrangement for comparative trials with 4-cylinder compound locomotives of the de Glehn type that had been purchased from France.
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