Editing GWR Star Class (section)

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[[File:North Star Steam museum Swindon.jpg |thumb|right|''North Star'' replica (built in 1923 using some parts of the original) on display at Swindon, England, 2011]]
The [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR) '''Star Class''' of {{whyte|2-2-2}} [[broad gauge]] [[steam locomotive]]s were used for passenger train work. Designed by [[Robert Stephenson]], the class was introduced into service between November 1838 and November 1841, and withdrawn between April 1864 and September 1871.

A total of twelve Star Class locomotives were manufactured. Notably, they were given the romantic or colloquial (rather than scientific) names of astronomical bodies. By the time the last had been delivered, GWR engineer [[Daniel Gooch]] had designed and taken delivery of several of his larger [[GWR Firefly Class|Firefly Class]].