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Great Western Railway (GWR) Gallery

Historic images of the GWR, created by an Act of Parliament in 1835 to provide a double tracked line from Bristol to London

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South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine Featured Great Western Railway (GWR) Image

South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine

Vintage engraving of Lance a South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine. Lance (1875 to 1892) GWR no. 2130, it was one of two locomotives kept working at Swindon railway works for shunting the broad gauge stock into the workshops for conversion or dismantling, until it too was dismantled in June 1893

© duncan1890

Germans Visit GWR Works Featured Great Western Railway (GWR) Image

Germans Visit GWR Works

A group of German students of railway engineering examining carriage casts in the foundry at the GWR (Great Western Railway) works at Swindon, Wiltshire, 4th May 1927. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

© 2011 Getty Images

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North Star At Darlington Featured Great Western Railway (GWR) Image

North Star At Darlington

The Great Western Railway (GWR) broad gauge steam locomotive, North Star, at the Railway Centenary exhibition, Darlington, County Durham, July, 1925. Built in 1837, the locomotive was designed by Robert Stephenson. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

© 2012 Getty Images

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