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Great Western Railway (GWR) Collection

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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Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Locomotive Factory

Locomotive Factory
A man at work in the Great Western Railway works in Swindon

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Steel Sleepers

Steel Sleepers
Steel sleepers being laid on a GWR line near Maidenhead, Berkshire. Old wooden sleepers are lying beside the track

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: GWR Iron Duke Class Steam Locomotive

GWR Iron Duke Class Steam Locomotive
Vintage engraving of a GWR Iron Duke Class Steam Locomotive. The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine

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

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: GWR Engine

GWR Engine
20th May 1892: A Bulkeley engine of the Iron Duke Class, the last train on the Broad Gauge to leave Paddington Station, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Christmas Post

Christmas Post
The overflow of Christmas mails is dealt with at the GWR siding at Alfred Road, 23rd December 1926. (Photo by Adams/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: New Bus Route

New Bus Route
March 1929: GWR introduces new luxury coaches and sets up bus routes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Railway Carriage

Railway Carriage
21st February 1912: The interior of a railway carriage of a petrol train on the Great Western Railway. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Electric Train

Electric Train
circa 1912: A petrol electric train on the Great Western Railway. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Observation Cars

Observation Cars
25th February 1925: A new design of Third Class corridor coaches with large observation windows being built by Great Western Railways, as part of their 1936 building programme

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Pullman Special

Pullman Special
1929: The first GWR Pullman Ocean Liner Special arriving at Euston Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: GWR Siding

GWR Siding
circa 1910: A Great Western Railway siding at New Kings Dock, Swansea. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/A H Robinson/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Buffet Saloon

Buffet Saloon
circa 1900: Interior of a Great Western Railways buffet saloon car. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Thiele/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Dock Yard

Dock Yard
24th June 1927: Spectators gaze at a giant grain elevator at the Great Western Railways Docks in Cardiff, South Wales. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Eton Boys At Swindon Works

Eton Boys At Swindon Works
Pupils from Eton College on a visit to the GWR (Great Western Railway) works at Swindon, Wiltshire, 24th February 1927. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Germans Visit GWR Works

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)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Iron Duke

Iron Duke
circa 1860: The Great Western Iron Duke broad gauge locomotive at Didcot in Oxfordshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Rail Works

Rail Works
1875: Men at work in the Great Western Railway works in Swindon. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Sleeping Car

Sleeping Car
A three-tier sleeping car on the Great Western Railway in Canada. (Photo by William England/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Canadian Railway

Canadian Railway
The locomotive Essex and coaches on the Great Western Railway, Canada, the forerunner of the Canadian Pacific railway, at Clifton Depot by the Niagara River. (Photo by William England/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Brunels Station

Brunels Station
circa 1845: Isambard Kingdom Brunels Elizabethan hammerbeam roof and colonnade at the Great Western Railway Station at Temple Meads in Bristol. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Canadian Railway

Canadian Railway
1859: Passengers board carriages of the Canadian Great Western Railway at Clifton Depot, Niagara. (Photo by William England/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Clifton Depot Great Western Railway, Canada

Clifton Depot Great Western Railway, Canada
1859: Passengers waiting at the Clifton Depot on the Great Western Railway, Canada. The Niagara Suspension Bridge is seen in the background

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Temple Meads

Temple Meads
circa 1890: Great Western Railways Temple Meads Station in Bristol designed by British civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Brake Trials

Brake Trials
15th June 1908: Brake and shunting trials at the Great Western Railway depot in Acton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Loading Up Apples

Loading Up Apples
1908: Workmen unloading apples from a goods wagon in the sidings of the Great Western Railway at Newton Abbot, Devon, bound for Henley cider works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Cross Lane PO

Cross Lane PO
December 1908: A Great Western Railway Motor Van at Cross Lane Post Office, The Lizard, Cornwall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Electric Van

Electric Van
1st June 1908: An electric delivery van in service for the Great Western Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: GWR Station

GWR Station
10th February 1910: Exterior of the Great Western Railway station at Snow Hill, Birmingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: GWR Puffer

GWR Puffer
August 1923: The Caerphilly Castle a GWR (Great Western Railway) engine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Tourist Travel

Tourist Travel
circa 1910: A Great Western Railway car advertising sightseeing tours of London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Sightseeing Bus

Sightseeing Bus
1907: Passengers on board one of Great Western Railways sightseeing motor buses, which took tourists round London from Paddington Station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Funeral Train

Funeral Train
28th January 1901: A spotless GWR (Great Western Railway) locomotive, the Royal Sovereign waiting to carry Queen Victorias coffin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Milk Delivery

Milk Delivery
circa 1912: Milk being loaded for the Great Western Railway motor delivery van. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Mail Tender

Mail Tender
circa 1911: The Great Western Railway mail boat, on the Royal Mail route to London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Box Tunnel

Box Tunnel
1841: The western entrance to Box Tunnel, designed by Brunel, on the Great Western Railway. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Severn Tunnel Works

Severn Tunnel Works
The GWR (Great Western Railway) connects with a steam ferry on the Monmouthshire shore at low tide, during the construction of the Severn Tunnel, 1880

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Paddington Station

Paddington Station
8th July 1854: Paddington railway station in London. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - The Great Western Railway Terminus - pub

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Lime Street

Lime Street
St Georges Hall (left) and the London and North Western Railway Hotel (right) on Lime Street in Liverpool, with Wellingtons Column in the background, circa 1889

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Newton Abbot Station

Newton Abbot Station
Newton Abbot railway station on the Great Western Railway in Devon, 12th April 1927. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: North Star At Darlington

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

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Trains At Cider Works

Trains At Cider Works
Apple carts and goods trains of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the pound at Henley and Sons cider works, Newton Abbot, Devon, October 1908

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly Castle
The new GWR 4073 locomotive Caerphilly Castle, August 1923. Behind it is the Lady Godiva. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Junction Signal

Junction Signal
28th December 1844: A man operating a junction signal post on the Great Western Railway. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Broad Gauge Loco

Broad Gauge Loco
circa 1850: A GWR 4-2-2 broad gauge locomotive at Swindon Station in Wiltshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: London Charabanc

London Charabanc
circa 1910: A Great Western Railway sightseeing charabanc outside the National Gallery, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: GWR Boat Train

GWR Boat Train
May 1908: The Great Western Railway boat train, taking passengers to the Mauretania, leaving Fishguard station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Train Sheds

Train Sheds
2nd July 1930: The new King class of engines in the GWR line leaving the running sheds at Swindon. (Photo by E. F. Corcoran/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Pendennis Castle

Pendennis Castle
22nd April 1925: Great Western engine Pendennis Castle pulling a London North East Railway train from Kings Cross Station on its way to Peterborough

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Cheltenham Flyer

Cheltenham Flyer
The GWR (Great Western Railway) Cheltenham Flyer (aka Cheltenham Spa Express ) service, leaving Paddington station, London, on its way to Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire, July 1937

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: Cornish Riviera Express

Cornish Riviera Express
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class King George V steam locomotive hauling the Cornish Riviera express out of Paddington Station, London, 8th July 1929

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: King Class Locomotive

King Class Locomotive
A Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 King Class steam locomotive, 2nd July 1930. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageGreat Western Railway (GWR) Collection: GWR Goods Wagons

GWR Goods Wagons
A steam locomotive hauling a train of 50 of the newly-introduced 20-ton open goods wagons of the Great Western Railway (GWR), UK, August 1924. (Photo by J. B)


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