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The 30 Manor class 4-6-0s were designed by CB Collett in 1938, and built by the Great Western, and the Western Region at Swindon in two batches, 20 in...
A Pictorial Study
From the opening of the Great Western Railway in 1838 through to the end of steam traction on the Western Region in 1965 the ‘engine shed’ formed ...
Designed by G.J. Churchward, no. 40 was constructed at Swindon in April 1906. It was Swindon’s first 4 cylinder simple engine and was the forerunner...
From the Henry Taunt Collection
This is a fascinating selection of images, taken from the works of Henry Taunt, Oxford's most celebrated Victorian photographer. The historical value ...
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This title is the third in the series to record the life and times of one of the classic GWR 4-6-0 classes. Alongside the photographs, the author's de...
It could be argued that the great Western or 'Gods' Wonderful Railway' was for many years the most famous railway in England. Much of the railway that...
Known around the world for its famous Royal Regatta, the Henley-on-Thames of today is a picturesque centre for the fashionable and successful. This wa...
Designed by Charles Collett, Churchward's successor as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway, the 'Castle' class 4-6-0 locomotive rep...
"Oxfordshire saw its very first Great Western steam trains way back in 1840, when Brunel's route from Paddington to Bristol crossed the county boundar...
Paddington-Wolverhampton