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Look up GWR, gwr, or gŵr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. GWR may refer to: Great Western Railway, former British railway company (1833–1947) Great...

First Greater Western Ltd, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that provides services in...

The GWR 5700 Class (or 57xx class) is a class of 0-6-0PT steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4200 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives. After the GWR took over operations and then absorbed the various South...

Western Railway (GWR) and Azuma by London North Eastern Railway (LNER), is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi Rail for GWR and LNER. The...

GWR County Class may refer to the Great Western Railway County Class steam locomotives: GWR 3800 Class "Churchward County" 4-4-0 GWR 2221 Class 4-4-2 tank...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) never constructed a locomotive class with a number series from 8000 or named after Cathedrals. The name and or number...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927...

The GWR 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by the Great Western Railway for branch line passenger work. It was originally classified as...

The GWR 5101 Class or 'Large Prairie' is a class of 2-6-2T type steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway. The 5101 Class were medium-sized tank...

The GWR 5600 Class is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive built between 1924 and 1928. They were designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway...

locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1906 and introduced from early 1907. The prototype was built as a 4-4-2...

network were: GWR FM Bristol, which was launched in 1981 as Radio West. It relaunched as GWR in 1985 GWR FM Bath, first broadcast as GWR Radio Bath in...

Valley lines. Due to the popularity of railcar No. 1, in February 1934 the GWR ordered a further six production units, Nos. 2 to 7, which were built with...

The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4700 Class was a class of nine 2-8-0 steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward. They were introduced in...

class were preserved. GWR 3100/5100 Class (1906) GWR 5101 Class GWR 6100 Class GWR 3100 Class (1938) GWR 8100 Class List of GWR standard classes with...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1500 Class is a class of 0-6-0PT type steam locomotive. Despite being a GWR Hawksworth design, all ten (nos 1500–1509)...

The GWR 6100 Class is a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotives. The class was designed by Charles Collett and introduced in 1931, and were a straightforward...

The GWR Toad is a class of railway brake van, designed by and built for the Great Western Railway. Used by the GWR from 1894, and post-1947 by the Western...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4500 Class or Small Prairie is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives. They were designed as small mixed traffic locomotives...

Llygad Gŵr (fl. 1268 or 1258 – c. 1293,) was a Welsh-language poet in the court of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. His surviving works are a sequence of five awdlau...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1600 Class is a class of 0-6-0PT type steam locomotive designed for light branch lines, short-distance freight transfers...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2884 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive. They were Collett's development of Churchward's earlier 2800 Class and...

Heart 96.3 (formerly GWR FM Bristol) was an Independent Local Radio station serving Bristol and surrounding areas and broadcasting on 96.3 MHz in Bristol...

Great Western Railway (GWR) express passenger locomotives. The Star class was designed to take the top express trains on the GWR, with 61 in service by...

The GWR autocoach (or auto-trailer) is a type of coach that was used by the Great Western Railway for push-pull trains powered by a steam locomotive....

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2251 Class or Collett Goods Class was a class of 0-6-0 type steam tender locomotives designed for medium-powered freight...

and millions abroad". The first engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR), he was responsible for the design and construction of its London–Bristol...

Western Railway (GWR) 5400 Class was a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. They were similar in appearance to many other GWR tank engines but...

4–6–0 10 GWR 5101 Class 2-6-2T 3 GWR 5205 Class 2-8-0T 8 GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T 6 GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT 2 GWR 6000 Class King class 4–6–0 6 GWR 6959 Class...

original carriages survive in preservation. The original backers of the GWR had adopted Isambard Kingdom Brunel's plan to speed trans-Atlantic Ocean...

GWR No. 1340 Trojan is a preserved 0-4-0ST steam locomotive, built in 1897 (Works No. 1386) by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol, England. Trojan...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6400 Class is a class of 0-6-0PT type steam locomotives introduced by Charles Collett in 1932. All 40 examples were 'auto-fitted'...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0PT pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties. The first ten 9400s...

The GWR Siphon was a series of enclosed milk churn transport wagons built by the Great Western Railway and continued by British Railways. The GWR, being...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) GWR 5100 Class (known as the 3100 class between 1912 and 1927) was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotives. It was...

be a highly successful class which established the design principles for GWR 2-cylinder classes over the next fifty years, and influenced similar classes...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5205 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives. They were designed for short-haul coal trips from coal mines to ports...

the class were scrapped. GWR 3100/5100 Class (1906) GWR 3150 Class GWR 5101 Class GWR 6100 Class GWR 8100 Class List of GWR standard classes with two...

United Kingdom. There are a number of historic coaches in use including two 'GWR Super Saloons' coaches once used for trans-Atlantic liner passengers, and...

(GWR) 4200 Class No. 4277 is a preserved British steam locomotive. In preservation it has carried the name Hercules. No. 4277 was built at the GWR's Swindon...

commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. The merger was completed on 9 May 2005. It was listed on the London...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1366 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotives built in 1934. They were a useful design because of their...

500 employees of the Great Western Railway (GWR) who were killed in the conflict. One-third of the GWR's workforce of almost 80,000 left to fight in the...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7200 Class is a class of 2-8-2T steam locomotive. They were the only 2-8-2Ts built and used by a British railway, and...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 3000 Class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive consisting of the ex-Railway Operating Division ROD 2-8-0. These were...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2800 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed in 1903 by George Jackson Churchward. Members of the class have a 2-8-0...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4575 Class is a class of 2-6-2T British steam locomotives. They were designed as small mixed traffic branch locomotives...

at one time or another, of which 35 passed to the Great Western Railway (GWR) at the start of 1922. The last was withdrawn in 1933. In addition there...

The GWR 4300 Class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway for mixed traffic duties...

GWR No. 12 is a Sentinel geared steam locomotive which was built for the Great Western Railway and delivered in 1926. Its Sentinel works number is 6515...

GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive built in 1903 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design by George...

power classification 5MT. By the end of 1923 the Great Western Railway (GWR) was well served with express passenger locomotives of the Saint and Star...

Superintendent of Locomotive Engines for the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1837 to 1864. In 1854 the GWR absorbed two standard-gauge lines, the Shrewsbury and Chester...

and the only one of its type built by the GWR. There are differing views as to why Churchward and the GWR should have built a Pacific locomotive in 1908...

Heart 103 (formerly GWR Radio Bath and GWR FM Bath) was an Independent Local Radio station serving Bath in Somerset, England, broadcasting on 103 MHz FM...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6959 or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 type steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth...

engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922. Churchward was born at Rowes Farm...

Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed (amongst others) the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotives. Charles was the...

The GWR 2721 Class was a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. They were designed by William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway...

Four of the New Railway Era". The Big Four were: Great Western Railway (GWR) London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) London and North Eastern Railway...

The passenger coaches of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were many and varied, ranging from four and six-wheeled vehicles for the original broad gauge...

The GWR 2021 Class was a class of 140 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. They were built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between...

manager in Great Britain. He was General Manager of the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1929 to 1947, and also deputy chairman of the Railway Executive Committee...

The GWR 455 Class, also called the "Metropolitan" or "Metro" Tanks, was a series of 140 2-4-0T locomotives built for the Great Western Railway, originally...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of 4-6-0 type steam locomotives. They were designed as a lighter version of the Grange...

congestion on some of the country's most crowded trains. In January 2017 GWR began running a half-hourly Paddington to Hayes & Harlington service using...

were carried on general-purpose flat trucks and wagons, but from 1931 the GWR built or converted a number of special purpose flat-bedded wagons, provided...

coaches and goods wagons. Most of these are typical of Great Western Railway (GWR) branch lines in Somerset, or of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SDJR)...

The GWR 645 and 1501 Classes were two closely related classes of 0-6-0ST designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of...

The GWR 4100 Class was a class of steam locomotives in the Great Western Railway (GWR) of the United Kingdom. The Badminton class express passenger 4-4-0...

coaches, and goods wagons. Most of these are typical of Great Western Railway (GWR) or London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) branch lines. Some are owned...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4400 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotive. They were introduced in 1904 for work on small branch lines...

The GWR 1901 Class was a class of 120 small 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. Numbered 1901–2020, they were designed by George Armstrong (responsible to William...

last standard gauge steam locomotive classes to retain outside frames. The GWR absorbed the Cambrian Railways in 1923, but, with the Cambrian main line...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5800 Class was a class of twenty 0-4-2T steam tank locomotives. They were built by the GWRs Swindon Works in 1933 and were...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives. Swindon Works built 260 of these goods locomotives...

London on 30 July 1833. This became the GWR, and he intended it to be the best railway in the country. The GWR had originally planned to terminate London...

The GWR 4073 Class 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is a steam locomotive of the GWR 'Castle' Class, built in March 1936. It was originally named Barbury Castle...

Heart Wiltshire (formerly GWR FM Wiltshire) was an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It...

The GWR 1854 Class was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by William Dean and constructed at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway...

GWR 5542 is a preserved Great Western Railway steam locomotive of the GWR 4575 Class. It is currently based at South Devon Railway. Number 5542 was built...

The GWR 101 Class consisted of a single experimental 0-4-0T side-tank steam locomotive. It was built at GWR Swindon Works under the direction of George...

5051 Drysllwyn Castle is a Great Western Railway (GWR) Castle Class locomotive built at Swindon Works in May 1936 and named after Dryslwyn Castle. It...

The GWR Class 850 was an extensive class of small 0-6-0ST locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the...

The GWR 0-6-0PT (pannier tank), is a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway with the water tanks carried on both sides of...

Railway (GWR), on their route from London Paddington to Birkenhead, via Birmingham Snow Hill. It was the most northerly broad-gauge station on the GWR network...

the GWR had running powers, but on which they were expressly forbidden to use 4-6-0 locomotives. The 4-4-0 Counties were in effect a shortened GWR 2900...

Coast Express was a named passenger train of the Great Western Railway (GWR), and later British Rail, running from London Paddington via Shrewsbury to...

between 1860, and 1870 when it was taken over by the Great Western Railway (GWR). The company built a line from the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway...

was the first intended by the GWR as a holiday destination in its own right. Sir Daniel Gooch, the chairman of the GWR, stayed at the hotel a few weeks...

adopted by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the London and North Eastern Railway. The Southern Railway (SR) retained...

worked on alternate days by the GWR and LNWR: Tuesdays and Fridays were LNWR days and Mondays and Thursdays GWR days; the GWR engine starts from Brymbo and...

it was the largest depot on the entire GWR system, and set the pattern for similar depots throughout the GWR including Tyseley. It had four 65 feet (19...

The GWR 813 Preservation Fund is an organisation that was founded in 1966 to acquire, restore and preserve Port Talbot Railway No. 26 (GWR 813). It is...

The GWR petrol-electric railcar was a 4-wheel motorised coach ordered by the GWR in 1911 from British Thomson-Houston, who designed it and supplied the...

GWR No. 1334, and sister locomotives 1335 and 1336, were 2-4-0 steam locomotives which the Great Western Railway inherited from the Midland and South...

GWR 6800 Class No. 6880 Betton Grange is a steam locomotive built between 1998 and 2024 as a "new-build" project, originally based on the Llangollen Railway...

From 1920, the cab side of Great Western Railway (GWR) steam locomotives bore a letter on a coloured disc, which enabled staff to quickly assess the capabilities...

heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway. By 1845 the Great Western Railway (GWR) had established itself as the dominant railway company controlling west...

William Dean as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR), G. J. Churchward planned the introduction of a series of locomotives designed...

stages between 1841 and 1844. It was allied with the Great Western Railway (GWR), which built its main line between London and Bristol, and in time formed...

The GWR 0-4-0ST steam locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping. They came from small railways (mostly in South Wales)...

GWR No. 36 was a one-off prototype 4-6-0 steam locomotive constructed at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1896, the first 4-6-0 ever built...

GWR 2900 Saint Class 2999 Lady of Legend is a British "new-build" 4-6-0 steam locomotive completed in 2019. It is a 4-6-0 standard gauge locomotive built...

Great Western Railway (GWR) and its 'associated companies' from London and Exeter to Plymouth in Devon, England. Whereas the GWR route from Exeter followed...

yard. 1 × GWR 2884 Class 3817 (scrapped 1973) 1 × GWR 3150 Class 3170 8 × GWR 4300 Class 5312, 5345, 5355, 5360, 5392, 5397, 6331, 6334 2 × GWR 4500 Class...

the survivors passed into Great Western Railway (GWR) stock. The GWR perpetuated the type in the GWR 5600 Class. The other major railway company in Wales...

1892, originally over the Great Western Railway (GWR) and then the Bristol and Exeter Railway. As the GWR expanded, the destination of the train changed...

built at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway in 1892–93, were the GWR's last completely new 2-4-0 design. Their number series was 3232–3251. They...

Railway Company was established to connect the Great Western Railway's (GWR's) Paddington station to Pearson's route at King's Cross. A bill was published...

The Great Western Railway (reporting mark GWRS) is a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in Southwest...

of 52 0-6-0ST locomotives designed by George Armstrong and built at the GWR's Wolverhampton Works. They were built in three lots between 1892 and 1897:...

amalgamated with the GWR on 1 February 1876. The CR, however, remained nominally independent of the GWR until 1 July 1889 although the GWR already held a large...

GWR 1951 Aberbargoed B&MJR 1962 Aberbeeg GWR 1962 Aberbran N&BR 1962 Abercairny CR 1951 Abercamlais N&BR 1962 Abercanaid GWR/RR Jt 1951 Abercarn GWR 1962...

developed a system known as "automatic train control". In modern terminology, GWR ATC is classified as an automatic warning system (AWS). This was an intermittent...

with the GWR, the passenger service ran from Wellington to Lightmoor Junction, reversing there, and then on to Shifnal via Madeley over the GWR (former...

the GWR Iron Duke Class of 4-2-2 locomotives, which were able to achieve 70 miles per hour (110 km/h). Much renewed, they lasted to the end of the GWR broad...

(GWR) announced that it had arranged to procure 173 new rail vehicles from Hitachi Rail, along with options for an additional 150. At the time, GWR was...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) Bogie Class 4-4-0ST were broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. The first two locomotives of this class...

approached the GWR to explore the GWR's willingness to work the line, and to run passenger trains on their Frome—Radstock line, the GWR's reaction was cool...

and Canal Company. The Great Western Railway (GWR) put up half the capital, making it in effect a GWR subsidiary. It opened in 1874, and most long-distance...

100 mph while working one of the GWR's trains, with the whole journey to London taking just 3 hours 54 minutes. The GWR route was shortened by 20¼ miles...

The GWR 633 Class were 0-6-0Ts designed by George Armstrong and built at the Wolverhampton railway works of the Great Western Railway between November...

GWR 4073 "Castle" Class No. 4079 Pendennis Castle is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design...

Great Western details such as the cab, bunker and many minor fittings. G.W.R. 0-6-0T were generally being converted to have Belpaire fireboxes and pannier...

Wolverhampton in 1854. The S&BR merged with the GWR in 1854. With the S&BR and other absorbed railways, the GWR obtained a through route between London and...

GWR locomotives. GWR 1000 Class No. 1014 County of Glamorgan, GWR 3800 Class No. 3840 County of Montgomery, a GWR 2221 Class tank engine, and a GWR 4700...

Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (GWR). Hawksworth spent his entire career at the Swindon Works of the GWR. He joined the company as an apprentice...

London and North Western Railway, which sought access to South Wales. The GWR and the LNWR jointly leased the S&HR line in 1862, later jointly acquiring...

Western Main Line between London and Bristol by the Great Western Railway (GWR). Its Chief Engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. From 1836, Brunel had been...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 3600 Class was a class of 2-4-2T side tank steam locomotive, designed by William Dean and built at Swindon in three lots...

connecting Truro and Plymouth, and by association with the Great Western Railway (GWR) and its allies, it formed a broad gauge route from Truro to London and Gloucester;...

estuary of the River Severn. It was constructed by the Great Western Railway (GWR) between 1873 and 1886 for the purpose of dramatically shortening the journey...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2221 Class or County Tank was a class of 4-4-2T steam locomotive, effectively a tank engine version of the 3800 "County"...

the successful Modified Hall class. The Chief Mechanical Engineer of the GWR Frederick W. Hawksworth had hoped to design a new 4-6-2 (Pacific) express...

locomotives (the other being Thunderer) built for the Great Western Railway (GWR) by R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. whose design was very different from other locomotives...

GWR 4073 Class 5080 Defiant is a GWR 4073 Class steam locomotive built for the Great Western Railway at Swindon Works in May 1939. It was originally named...

The West Midland Railway was an early British railway company. It was formed on 1 July 1860 by the West Midland Railway Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. lxxxi)...

Great Western Railway was a British railway company operating from 1833 to 1947. Great Western Railway or Great Western Railroad may also refer to the...

present station was rebuilt to its current form in 1927 to designs by Chief GWR Architect P. E. Culverhouse. The large clock was a gift from the people of...

Railway (GWR) 6000 Class King George V is a preserved British steam locomotive. After developing the "new" GWR Star Class in the form of the GWR Castle...

Great Western Railway (GWR) 6800 Class or Grange Class is a mixed-traffic class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive, built to replace the GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0. There...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) Star Class of 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives were used for passenger train work. Designed by Robert Stephenson, the...

four-cylinder GWR Star Class, which was developed and enlarged by Charles Collett as the GWR 4073 Castle class in 1923 and later also as the GWR 6000 King...

for 4003 Lode Star & The GWR Railcar. GWR 4073 Class 4073 Caerphilly Castle – Built in 1923. Part of the National Collection GWR 4200 Class 4248 – Built...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) Ariadne Class and Caliph Class were broad gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for goods train work by Daniel Gooch...

was built by an independent railway friendly to the Great Western Railway (GWR) from Savernake to Marlborough in 1864. A north–south railway, later to be...

Nevertheless as late as the 1920s the class was found in almost all parts of the GWR system. Most of the class ran between a million and a million and a half...

Railway, a heritage railway in Cornwall, England. The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened a branch line from Bodmin Road to Bodmin General in 1887 and this...

engineer who served as the Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR). A protégé of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, he worked with both Brunel and Brunel's...

(3 December 2015). "Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is presented with GWR certificate in honour of his record goal-scoring run". Guinness World Records...

October 2010. "GWR 7545 Toplight Brake Corridor Tri-Composite built 1907". cs.rhrp.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. "GWR 3898 Toplight...

Wales Railway was to be an independent company, it was supported by the GWR and had many mutual directors and investors, and its engineer was Isambard...

railway station was a junction at Lydford between the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London and South Western Railway (LSWR) situated in a remote part of...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) experimented with oil burning steam locomotives at two points in its history. A single experimental tank engine was constructed...

locomotive built by the Great Western Railway in 1913. It was one of the GWR standard classes with two outside cylinders. It was designed as light suburban...

the precursor to today's Metropolitan line) and the Great Western Railway (GWR). Its site was adjacent to another station named Hammersmith, which today...

The GWR was the longest-lived of the pre-nationalisation railway companies in Britain, surviving the 'Grouping' of the railways in 1923 almost unchanged...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2600 or Aberdare class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive built between 1900 and 1907. They were a freight and light...

Gwinner–Roger Melroe Field (ICAO: KGWR, FAA LID: GWR) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district...

series. Built in April 1937 at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway (GWR), No. 5972 was first allocated to Carmarthen, South Wales where it remained...

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) 3001 class were fitted with larger boilers than earlier GWR 2-2-2 classes, the diameter of the boiler was constrained by its position...

Telegraph Message Code book unless stated otherwise. The Great Western Railway (GWR) pioneered telegraph communication over the 13 miles (21 km) from Paddington...

service between December 1865 and the last was withdrawn at the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892. They were all named after directors and senior officers...

Powers were granted by act of Parliament for the Great Western Railway (GWR) to operate ships in 1871. The following year the company took over the ships...

retaining this name after being absorbed by the GWR. Nearly all of these engines spent their lives on the GWR's Southern Division. The "missing" number 1833...

guide for RMI Expeditions. For nearly 37 years, Guinness World Records (GWR) recognized Reinhold Messner as the first person to climb all 14 of the world's...

commissioned by the Great Western Railway (GWR), and later taken over by British Railways. The locomotive was built for the GWR by Hawthorn Leslie of Newcastle upon...

December 26, 2019 RH RH GWR Genesee & Wyoming S&P SmallCap 600 constituent RH (NYSE: RH) replaced Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE: GWR). December 17, 2019 COLM...

opened in 1881; an interchange with the GWR opened in 1883. In 1931, Duffws closed as a passenger station and the GWR exchange station became the terminus...

raise further money and sold its line to the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1850. The GWR took over the construction and undertook to build an adjacent connecting...

The GWR Rheidol Tanks are a fleet of 2-6-2T steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway design built between 1923 and 1924. They were designed by the...

were built at Swindon Works, but 14 (GWR Nos. 15, 16, and 61–72) were built by Kerr, Stuart and Company, and 8 (GWR Nos. 73–80) were built by the Gloucester...

barrel) when new, but shorter boilers were fitted on overhaul. As usual with GWR saddle tanks, pannier tanks were later fitted to most of them, between 1910...

GCap Media in the United Kingdom. It was formed from the combination of GWR Group's 'The Mix Network' and Capital Radio Group's 'The Capital Radio Network'...

(1,435 mm), standard gauge, railway backed by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in north-west Wales. It connected Bala with Blaenau Ffestiniog. The railway...

7812 Erlestoke Manor is a preserved GWR 7800 Class steam locomotive, operated by the Great Western Railway and later British Railways. Owned by the Erlestoke...

water in the tank. Pannier tank locomotives are often seen as an icon of the GWR.[citation needed] In Logging railroads in the Western USA used 2-6-6-2 Saddle...

Lord of the Isles (the last to be withdrawn) was initially preserved by the GWR at Swindon Works, but was scrapped in January 1906 owing to the pressure...

the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway, opened in 1859, and the access to the GWR and LNWR was by no means as clear cut as suggested. The running powers beyond...

independent life and was sold to the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1905. Steam railmotors and a GWR diesel railcar were used on the line, as well as steam...

but the West Midland company amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1863. Several branches and extensions were built in the West Midlands...

collected by the first train in the morning. On the GWR, it was not uncommon to see a pannier tank engine and GWR autocoach on a local passenger service pulling...

company's line as far as Lydford, then over the Great Western Railway's (GWR) Launceston branch,[page needed] via Tavistock South and the South Devon...

necessities of life, and of their products. When the Great Western Railway (GWR) opened throughout between London and Bristol in 1841, the inhabitants of...

Railway was a railway built and operated jointly by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and Great Central Railway (GCR) between Northolt (in north west London)...

GWR Standard Goods 0-6-0 (1857 - 1872) Briarcus GWR Premier class 0-6-0 (1847 - 1870) Brigand GWR Bogie class 4-4-0ST (1849 - 1873) Bright Star GWR Star...

This is a list of all GWR Modified Hall class locomotives built at Swindon Works by the Great Western Railway and British Railways. Notes Locomotives...

(automobile), a 1920s British cyclecar Amazon, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive operating 1892–1908 Amazon, a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive operating 1851–1877...

GWR Vulcan, Æolus and Bacchus Vulcan after rebuilding Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Charles Tayleur Builder Vulcan Foundry Serial number 51–53...

Backney Halt GWR 1962 Backworth (1st) North Eastern Railway 1864 Backworth NER 1977 Bacton GWR 1941 Bacup L&YR 1966 Badgworth MR 1846 Badminton GWR 1968 Baggrow...

Railway R class excepting a round-topped boiler. When rebuilt by the GWR they acquired GWR Belpaire boilers. The B & M also borrowed from the Rhymney Railway...

England, United Kingdom. It was served by both the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London and South Western Railway (LSWR). There were actually two stations...

smaller railway companies were forcibly merged into the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1923, these modern 0-6-2's were in generally good order (some were a...

GWR Records was an independent record label active in the UK from 1986 through to 1991. By 1984, Gerry Bron's Bronze Records was in financial difficulty...

Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class 6023 King Edward II is a preserved steam locomotive. The locomotive was built at the Great Western Railway's Swindon...

by Transport for Wales. The depot is used by Transport for Wales fleet, GWR Class 158s and some Cross Country Class 170s. In steam days the depot was...

List of all GWR Manor Class locomotives, built between 1938 and 1950. Wilcock, David (November 1997). "Nameplates the giddy spiral goes onwards and upwards"...

BBC Radio Manchester is the BBC's local radio station serving Greater Manchester. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios...

repair and maintenance of locomotives on the Great Western Railway (GWR). The GWR built a small railway village to house some of its workers. The Museum...

when many pits and rival railways used the narrow (standard) gauge, but the GWR extended the network into Cwm Clydach and the line became heavily used. The...

GWR No. 2015 4 (1871 – 1892) GWR No. 2016 5 (1871 – 1892) GWR No. 2017 6 (1870 – 1890) GWR No. 2018 8 (1872 – 1889) GWR No. 2019 14 (1870 – 1892) GWR...

the GWR services. On 9 May 1904, City of Truro was the first locomotive recorded in excess of 100 mph (160 km/h) while working one of the GWR's trains...

Koskador Ruvyer an Nos) is a sleeper train operated by Great Western Railway (GWR). It is one of only two sleeper services on the railway in the United Kingdom...

rivalry between the LSWR and its allies, and the Great Western Railway (GWR) and its associated companies. Because the track gauges of the two groups...

1889) GWR No. 2008 10 (1849 – 1888) GWR No. 2009 11 (1849 – 1874) 12 (1849 – 1862) 13 (1849 – 1878) GWR No. 2010 14 (1849 – 1870) 15 (1849 – 1888) GWR No...

and South Western Railway (LSWR) from 1847 and the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1856, as well as two further stations at Wilton, 2.5 miles (4 km) to...

Britain - Part One". The Railway Magazine. November 2011. "GWR - B3 Train Times" (PDF). GWR. 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2024...

Hockley was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line in England, serving the...

International Unicycle Federation (IUF) and the Guinness World Records (GWR). The GWR has only recognised male records: hour record, 100-mile record and 24-hour...

1968 Keinton Mandeville GWR 1962 Keith Town Great North of Scotland Railway 1968 Kelmarsh L&NWR 1960 Kelmscott and Langford GWR 1962 Kelso North British...

GWR 4073 Class No. 7029 Clun Castle is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built at Swindon Works in May 1950 to a design by Charles Collett for operation on the...

Railway 1842 Cadoxton Terrace Halt GWR 1962 Cae Harris (Dowlais) Rhymney Railway 1964 Caerau GWR 1970 Caerleon GWR 1962 Caernarvon L&NWR 1970 Caernarvon...

72 m) wheelbase, dimensions that would remain traditional for the larger GWR pannier tanks right through to Charles Collett's 5700 Class, and with little...

the LMS Ivatt Class 4, and having a boiler derived from a GWR No.2 boiler as fitted to the GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T and 5600 Class 0-6-2T tank engines....

the West Midlands, and in due course the north-west. It overtook another GWR subsidiary, the unbuilt Oxford and Rugby Railway, and the Birmingham Extension...

GWR 103 President and GWR 104 Alliance 104, Alliance Type and origin Power type Steam Designer G.J. Churchward Builder Société Alsacienne de Constructions...

The GWR 388 class was a large class of 310 0-6-0 goods locomotives built by the Great Western Railway. They are sometimes referred to as the Armstrong...

Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period...

The following are tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are...

locomotives to the GWR soon afterwards. Thirty-nine locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922. Forty-seven locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 July...

replace the Class 170 units, while others were retained by GWR to operate local services. GWR will retire these units in favour of Class 802s by December...

GWR 2800 Class No. 2807 is one of the surviving members of the Great Western Railway's 2800 Class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives, also known as the 28XX class...

Gloucestershire, England. The museum was founded in 1988. Based in the former GWR Goods Shed along the Coleford Railway. There was also another station situated...

Great Western Railway main line at Hatton, in England. It was worked by the GWR. In 1861 it was connected through Stratford to a branch line from Honeybourne...

Dukes' smaller boilers. The Dukes were subject to the 1912 renumbering of GWR 4-4-0 locomotives. Those Dukes rebuilt as Bulldogs were renumbered as members...

Cwmbran railway station was a station in the old village of Cwmbran in Torfaen (now known as Old Cwmbran) in South Wales, UK. The station was opened on...

GWR 1915 Panteg Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway 1880 Panteg and Griffithstown GWR 1962 Pantydwr Cambrian Railways 1962 Pantyffordd Halt GWR 1962...

Advent. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022. "GWR 4270 4200 CLASS: 2-8-0T". The One:One Collection. Retrieved 20 August 2025...

seventh studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool, released by GWR Records in 1988. It is the first album to feature Tracey Lamb on bass, replacing...

point. The founders and commercial backers of the Great Western Railway (GWR) supported Isambard Kingdom Brunel's scheme to develop an integrated railway...

Hereford Railway, 1862 (jointly with GWR and West Midland Railway) Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway, 1864 (jointly with GWR from 1865) Shropshire Union Railways...

travel. From 1922 the TVR was a constituent of the new Great Western Railway (GWR) at the grouping of the railways, imposing its own character on the larger...

carried the wide variety of goods traffic on the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the United Kingdom. This was the railway company that operated for the...

January 2021. "GWR aims for 2021 'Flex' introduction". Rail Express. Horncastle: Mortons Media Group. May 2021. p. 26. ISSN 1362-234X. "GWR fleet to shrink...

IHPVA Solar-powered 91.332 56.751 Sky Ace TIGA Kenjiro Shinozuka 20 Aug 2014 GWR Tracked vehicle 121.9 75.7 modified M113 APC Carl May Jul/Aug 1979 US Army...

the Met and the Great Western Railway (GWR), the Hammersmith and City Railway (H&CR) was built from the GWR's main line a mile west of Paddington station...

stock GWR 2251 Class GWR 2800 Class GWR Star class GWR Castle class GWR 4200 Class GWR 4300 Class GWR Hall class GWR 5100 Class GWR 5400 Class GWR 5600...

February 2022. "GWR and Vivarail to trial battery train". International Railway Journal. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022. "GWR starts west London...

1930 M class No 47 was reboilered by the GWR and in this form was visually almost indistinguishable from the GWR 5600 Class. Thus the M, R (and closely...

1928–1939 (198 built). Ten more were opened by British Rail on ex-GWR lines. The GWR also built 34 "platforms". Many such stops remain on the national...

August 2008. GWR 2900 Saint 4-6-0 2999 Lady of Legend, built from 2009 to 2019. Completed 5 April 2019. The locomotive is a conversion from GWR 4900 4-6-0...

British Rail Class 390 Pendolino stock for the West Coast Main Line. The GWR on reaching Wolverhampton Low Level railway station in 1854, had built their...

August 12, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2021. @GWR (October 21, 2019). "(CG) La Gaga has made a few appearances in GWR books over the past few years, including...

had operated as a tourist railway operation since the mid-1930s, when the GWR withdrew freight services and winter passenger services, rendering the railway...

January 1876 when it was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR). In 1931 the GWR started a project to quadruple the track between Cogload Junction...

London and Westbury and Frome also calls. Thatcham station is served by GWR local services between Reading and Newbury, and between London Paddington...

GWR installed the equipment on all its main lines. For many years, Western Region (successors to the GWR) locomotives were dual fitted with both GWR ATC...

locomotives (the other being Hurricane) built for the Great Western Railway (GWR), England, by R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. whose design was very different from...

the GWR's Locomotive Superintendent, Northern Division, at Wolverhampton Works. For ten years the task of providing new locomotives for the GWR's newly...

Great Western Railway (GWR) sponsored the South Wales Railway to build a broad gauge railway connecting Gloucester, and the GWR network, with Fishguard...

July 2013. "Hitachi converts GWR '801s' to bi-mode operation". Rail. 8 June 2016. Preston-Ellis, Rom (18 July 2018). "GWR gives update on when we will...

locomotive boiler Career Operators GWR Class 3571 Power class GWR: Unclassified Numbers 3571–3580 Axle load class GWR: Unclassified or yellow Withdrawn...

51°42′23″N 2°54′20″W / 51.7063°N 2.9055°W / 51.7063; -2.9055 Usk railway station is a disused railway station in the town of Usk, Monmouthshire, South...

failed, and the merger took place in 1847. The line was constructed by the GWR and opened in 1854; the Birmingham station was Snow Hill and the Wolverhampton...

(1855–1879) GWR No. 2028 48 (1855–1879) GWR No. 2029 49 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2030 50 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2031 51 (1855–1882) GWR No. 2032 52 (1855–1880) GWR No...

In Britain Pagoda shelters are associated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) who introduced them in 1907 and erected a patchwork of them across their...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) steam locomotive No. 4936 Kinlet Hall is a preserved Hall class 4-6-0 steam locomotive. Kinlet Hall was built in June...

companies were also seeking a terminus in Westminster: the Great Western (GWR), the London and North Western (LNWR), and the East Kent Railway (EKR). The...

Australian model of the late 1980s Corsair motorcycle, built by Cotton Corsair, a GWR Bogie Class broad gauge locomotive that was built for and run on the Great...

CrossCountry / GWR Portsmouth Harbour 146 – 164 minutes N/A GWR Reading 68 – 123 minutes 59 minutes GWR Salisbury 68 – 86 minutes GWR Severn Beach 33...

opened on 4 June 1853 from Wolvercot Junction, on the Great Western Railway (GWR) a little north of Oxford to Evesham, and Witney had at least a nearby station...

connected to the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Princes Risborough, did not make any money and was taken over in 1883 by GWR resulting in its investors sustaining...

media related to Shunters trucks. Elliott, Russ. "GWR Shunters Trucks". Great Western Railway Modelling. GWR.org.uk. Retrieved May 1, 2025. Stroud, Kevin....

extent to which the GWR guarantee would cover the additional cost. While the broad gauge on the line tied the OW&WR to alliance with the GWR, it installed mixed...

comprised two railway lines built simultaneously by the Great Western Railway (GWR) south and west from Reading in an attempt to keep the London and South Western...

Midland and Scottish Railway. In later years the line saw a variety of GWR locomotives operating from pit to port; however, the railway retained its...

The GWR 1101 Class was a class of 0-4-0T side tank steam locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company to the order of the Great Western Railway in...

that the GWR would provide proper sidings on the north side of the Extension line for the colliery traffic. For ordinary goods traffic, the GWR would use...

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was formed out of a number of constituent railway companies at the grouping in 1923. The main companies, showing...

both "up" and "down" platforms, built from heavy timbers to the standard GWR design for halt platforms. There were also waiting shelters, and steps down...

Railways (BR). Locomotives from the former "Big Four" constituent companies (GWR, LMS, LNER, SR) were transferred to and worked on other regions. Officially...

construction, and in 1849 the directors decided to sell their line to the GWR. The GWR's branch to Salisbury from Westbury was completed through the Wylye valley...

[page needed][page needed] The Great Western Railway (GWR) absorbed the B&ER on 1 January 1876. The GWR gradually changed the gauge of branch lines in the...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1835 and nationalised on 1 January 1948. During this time it amalgamated with...

to Plymouth 172½ Exeter St Davids Red Cow Crossing Cowley Bridge Junction GWR to London via Bristol River Exe 176¾ Newton St Cyres 179¼ Crediton Crediton...

Exe Valley Railway was a branch line built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in Devon, England, to link its Bristol to Exeter line with its Devon and...

locos on the layout: GWR 2900 Class No. 2943 Hampton Court Built in 1912. GWR 4000 Class No. 4050 Princess Alice Built in 1914. GWR 2251 Class No. 2253...

In 1926, No 17 was reboilered by the GWR and in this form was visually almost indistinguishable from the GWR 5600 Class. Thus the R (and closely related...

FKT attempts follow the Guinness World Record (GWR) Rules. One can still have the FKT but not the GWR. For example, Lee Fancourt set an FKT which was...

Railway to operate the line and guarantee good dividends from 1906. The GWR incorporated the line's infrastructure in widening its own lines at Court...

by Edward Marston, published 2009. Wikimedia Commons has media related to GWR Firefly Class. Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn:...

combined under the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1876. The Bristol and Exeter had been worked by the GWR until 1849 but then purchased its own locomotives...

previous owner, GCap Media, the group formed by the merger of GWR Group and Capital Radio Group. GWR purchased Marcher Radio Group in October 2000, although...

Harbour Trust. The GWR continued to use the ex-P&M steam locomotives for shunting and short-trip freight train workings throughout the GWR's existence. Latterly...

in 1836–7, was constructed for the opening of the Great Western Railway (GWR). It is situated between Southall and Hanwell stations, the latter station...

southern terminus and only station on the Great Western Railway (GWR) branch line from the GWR/GCR joint line, which is now the Chiltern Main Line. The station...

North Road (Joint) Plymouth Millbay (GWR) Devonport Albert Road (GWR) Devonport Kings Road (LSWR) Dockyard (GWR) Albert Road Halt (LSWR) Ford (LSWR) Camels...

for the Great Western Railway (GWR), the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) and the Southern Railway (SR). At the GWR, Holcroft helped the Chief Mechanical...

frames and a new type of bogie. Previously all outside framed bogies on GWR locomotives had been of the Dean centreless type. Churchward adapted a French...

summit and over Masbury. The Highbridge branch trains were latterly worked by GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0s, and LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0.s The S&D main line ran south...

otherwise duplicate GWR 7325 (TOPS 98425), BR Standard Class 8 71000 Duke of Gloucester (TOPS No. 98802) as it would otherwise duplicate GWR King Class 6000...

GWR 4073 Castle class 4073 Caerphilly Castle is a steam locomotive completed in August 1923. It is a 4-6-0 standard gauge locomotive built to a design...

Western Railway (GWR) trains between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff that stop at Dean was reduced. Since October 2011, there have been no GWR trains stopping...

tapered domeless boiler and Belpaire firebox. The locomotive was the first GWR 4-4-0 to be fitted with a tapered boiler; the boiler became the prototype...

brake (rail) Cab (locomotive) Control car Double-heading Distributed power GWR Autocoach Rail terminology Railway brakes Top and tail Simmons, Jack; Biddle...

ticket hall and the provision of step-free access. The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened its pioneering broad gauge tracks through Ealing Broadway between...

the GWR and the LNWR - the only line in North Wales to be so operated. The completion of this link through the Cegidog valley not only gave the GWR a route...

or merely spatial models) like the geographically weighted regressions (GWRs), SNNs, etc., are spatially tailored (a-spatial/classic) statistical models...

conveyed Welsh steam coal to the transatlantic shipping lines. (Previous GWR classes used on this work were Daniel Gooch's 79 Class 0-6-0s, and Gooch's...

("Young Joe") also became outstanding engineers in the employment of the GWR. After a spell in Canada, in 1824 Joseph's family took up residence in Newburn-on-Tyne...

built at the former GWR Swindon Works on 19 May 1950. The Castle Class locomotives were built as express passenger locomotives on the GWR. The Castle Class...

by joining existing railways at Rugby. It was authorised in 1845, but the GWR soon decided to make its own line to Birmingham, and in 1846 it acquired...

The Miracle Maker (Welsh: Gŵr y Gwyrthiau) sometimes subtitled The Story of Jesus, is a 1999 Welsh-Russian stop motion-animated film written by Murray...

com. Retrieved 14 February 2026. Kilbey, Stephen (13 February 2026). "RAM/GWR Mercedes Leads Tight Bronze-Only FP2". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 14 February...

1925 the GWR started to use the "suspended" form of gangway connection instead of the "scissors" pattern[clarification needed]. From 1938, GWR coaches...

the GWR used the new through platforms. The capital costs of the new work were split 4/14 GWR/B&ER and 10/14 MR, and operating costs were split GWR 3/8...

counter the critic of the Great Western Railway (GWR) actually standing for "The Great Way Round", the GWR started a series of straightening projects between...

administration. Assets of Vivarail have been purchased by train operating company GWR. GWR bought intellectual property, rolling stock and equipment relating to the...

Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu West Nyanza North Nyanza Gwere Language codes ISO 639-3 gwr Glottolog gwer1238 Guthrie code JE.17...

station directly alongside the GWR station known as Leamington Spa (Avenue). In 1864, a connection was made between the GWR and LNWR lines at Leamington...

designating them 1380 class in the GWR records. Improvements were made to numbers 1380 and 1383 at Swindon Works, including GWR pattern safety bonnets, enlarged...

disadvantage that it only operated when the locomotive was in motion. The GWR favoured this due to the use of braking systems working on a vacuum level...

6024 King Edward I is a preserved Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class steam locomotive operated from 1930 to 1962 by the Great Western Railway and...

4-4-0PT was built at Swindon (Lot no. 114, works no. 1702), and was the first GWR locomotive with pannier tanks. It had 4 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1,410 mm) driving wheels...

GWR to take over the line, but the GWR were not prepared to consider that. In the face of shortage of money Pain gave notice in June 1877 to the GWR that...

hill or away from a heavy start. For many years the Great Western Railway (GWR) of the United Kingdom often maintained a unique practice when double-heading...

tanks This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title GWR 3400 Class. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to...

and Company 30 (1851 – 1876) 31 (1851 – 1877) GWR No. 2054 E. B. Wilson and Company 32 (1851 – 1878) GWR No. 2055 33 (1851 – 1876) 34 (1851 – 1875) Rothwell...

In 2011, a purpose-built railway works was built on the site of the old GWR coaling stage. This now allows the railway to carry out heavy maintenance...

Kemble to a junction near Gloucester in 1845, by the Great Western Railway (GWR) which had taken over the C&GWUR. The branch supported a busy passenger and...

of the "Big Four" grouped railway companies: the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the London and North Eastern...

where they got the names Exe and Teign. The locomotives returned to the GWR in 1851. Viper operated until January 1868 and Snake November 1869. Viper...

is notable for its well-preserved Brunel-designed Great Western Railway (GWR) station buildings, which are still in use. The station is served by local...

Ammanford railway station was opened under the name Cross Inn by the Llanelly Railway in 1840 to serve the town of Ammanford, West Wales. It was renamed...

meaning that the GWR could not compete on journey times. The second phase was completed in 1906. In order to create a more direct route, the GWR collaborated...

Dean's most successful 2-4-0 design. Numbered 3206–3225, they were the last GWR locos built at Swindon with "sandwich" frames (outside frames consisting...

a GWR No.2 boiler as fitted to the GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T and 5600 Class 0-6-2T tank engines. The design and construction took place at the ex-GWR Swindon...

and London-Wolverhampton routes. Accordingly, No. 55 became the principal GWR royal locomotive, carrying the royal coat of arms for royal journeys, though...

beyond Maesteg to join the GWR Blaengarw branch at Pontyrhyll, and to acquire running powers over the Blaengarw line and also the GWR main line from Port Talbot...

Halt Bicester Military Rly Bicester London Road Bicester chord GWR to High Wycombe GWR Bicester cut-off to Banbury Launton Marsh Gibbon and Poundon GCML...

76017, GWR Castle 5029 Nunney Castle, SR Westcountry 34027 'Taw Valley', SR West Country 34105 Swanage, SR S15 828, GWR Manor 7822 Foxcote Manor, GWR 14xx...

now saw that they were to run between the broad gauge GWR at Bristol, and the broad gauge GWR (ex-C&GWUR) at Standish and Gloucester. Isambard Kingdom...

development in Great Britain, see British railcars and diesel multiple units. GWR railcars LMS railcars List of British Rail classes List of British Rail modern...

40 locomotives were loaned to the Great Western Railway (GWR). The first transfers to the GWR occurred in October 1939, and the last was not returned to...

Isles, but also in the world. In 1860, the Great Western Railway Company (GWR) approved the provision of Turkish baths for its workers and their families...

Western Railway operated the services for the Wycombe Railway company. The GWR had been built to Isambard Kingdom Brunel's broad gauge of 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2...

Great Western Railway (GWR) was being built across its path. A flat crossing was arranged, and by agreement of 4 February 1837 GWR trains would have precedence...

and Power FM. Rival GWR Group also acquired a number of local radio stations in the 1990s, including Leicester Sound, Ram FM, GWR FM, Chiltern FM, Hereward...

2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Bristol (formerly GWR FM), Heart Bath (formerly GWR FM Bath) and Heart Somerset (formerly Orchard FM). The regional...

the Class 800s entered service with GWR in October 2017 and the first of the Class 802s entered service with GWR in August 2018, with all of the units...

they were signed by Motörhead's label, GWR, in 1987, and shortened their name to Batfish. The first release on GWR was 1988's "Purple Dust" single, a mash-up...

This is a list of all GWR Hall Class engines (to the original Churchward design) built by the Great Western Railway. Eleven of these were converted to...

Bewdley railway of the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Cleobury Mortimer and was absorbed into the GWR in 1922. The line closed for passenger services...

Harbour Railway St Philip's Marsh depot River Avon (to the sea) Bristol & North Somerset Rly (GWR) Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR) to Taunton and Exeter...

No. 1 (GWR 699) was withdrawn in April 1931 and sold to Coltness Iron Co Ltd in June 1932; it was cut up on site in March 1962. No. 2 (GWR 700) was...

reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion, having won the 2025 title with GWR Australia / RAM Motorsport. He has also competed in categories including...

a Hall class 4-6-0 steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR), currently preserved at the Epping Ongar Railway. Built at Swindon Works...

that was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on the former Bullo Pill Railway, later known as the GWR Forest of Dean Branch. The station - serving...

NBR 1954 Dairy House Blyth and Tyne Railway 1862 Daisy Bank and Bradley GWR 1962 Daisyfield L&YR 1958 Dalbeattie G&SWR 1965 Dalchonzie Halt Caledonian...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to GWR 6959 Class 6990 Witherslack Hall. Allen Jackson (15 November 2019). GWR Locomotives: The Hall Class. Amberley...

Great Western Railway (GWR) became the partner and a lease of the P&TR to the GWR was agreed, to take effect on 1 July 1896. The GWR absorbed the company...

Great Western Railway (GWR) also launched a pay-as-you-go system called GWR PAYG in August 2022, which requires the use of the GWR Touch smartcard. Transport...

station opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on the former Bullo Pill Railway, later known as the GWR Forest of Dean Branch. The Halt was located...

was taken to transport the milk churns. From the 1880s, the GWR had introduced the popular GWR Siphon series of passenger carriage chassis-based high-speed...

Bridgwater (GWR) Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR) to Taunton 59.75 Glastonbury and Street 1:39 64.57 Polsham 1:47 Cheddar Valley line (GWR) to Yatton 68...

Ajax (SG 395 of 1860); GWR no. 2149; withdrawn 1884 The locomotive was named after Ajax, a Greek hero. Brutus (SG 396(?) of 1862) GWR no. 2150; withdrawn...

the length of the former Wallingford branch of the Great Western Railway (GWR), from Cholsey station, 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading on the Great Western...

traffic locomotives. GWR Saint Class; GWR Hall and Modified Hall Class; GWR Grange Class; GWR Manor Class; LNER Class B17 Flowers GWR Badminton Class Football...

and consisted of four-wheeled coaches. In 1895 the Great Western Railway (GWR), now at standard gauge, laid water troughs at Goring and Keynsham allowing...

Tadcaster York and North Midland Railway 1964 Taff Merthyr Colliery Halt GWR 1964 Takeley Great Eastern Railway 1952 Talacre London and North Western...

directly into the GWR's Oxford General station. In October 1951, a complete transfer of passenger operation at Oxford into this (former GWR) station, now...

locations. In 1936, the GWR's chairman, Sir Robert Horne, opened the new £20,000 open-air swimming pool at Minehead. The GWR was nationalised, becoming...

was actually sited in Battersea). These were the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR), and the East Kent Railway...

labels, including Flicknife, their former manager Douglas Smith's label GWR, Essential (through Castle Communications), and from 1994 to 1997 their own...

December 1963. The allocations of 'Cookham Manor' during its service for the GWR and British Railways. Champ, Jim (2018). An Introduction to Great Western...

GWR 157 Class may refer to either of two classes of Great Western Railway engine: "Sharps" or 157 Class (ten 2-2-2 locomotives built in 1862 to Gooch's...

metres) from the central bus station and the town centre. It is served by GWR services from Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads; Cheltenham Spa via Gloucester;...

Retrieved 7 October 2022. Having outgrown their existing space in Warren Street GWR appointed CBRE to start an extensive building search, which ultimately led...

the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, who named it Stella. It returned to the GWR in 1896 and retained the nameplates until 1902. Nos. 3202-3205 were constructed...

William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway. The GWR 2602 Class was designed to be a versatile and powerful locomotive, suitable...

the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR), becoming a joint railway. The new partners need new and better servicing...

17 December 1840 as the temporary terminus of the Great Western Railway (GWR) when it was extended from Faringdon Road. It was located about 4 miles (6...

until 1906, together with a connecting footbridge. The standard-pattern GWR medium-scale signal box was also added at the end of the platform, operated...

Waenavon London and North Western Railway 1941 Wainfelin Halt GWR 1941 Wainhill Crossing Halt GWR 1957 Wakerley and Barrowden London and North Western Railway...

taken over by the GWR on 1 February 1867. In August 1867 the business men of Great Marlow met to discuss a connection with the GWR Wycombe branch line...

Railway in June 1872, where it was renamed Stromboli. It returned to the GWR upon absorption of the SDR in 1876, when it was given the number 2138 but...

Under the Railway Act 1921, the Cambrian Railways was allocated to the GWR. The GWR closed its competing station on 7 July 1924 and diverted all services...

with. A lawsuit was successfully brought against the GWR in 1853, and on 31 July 1854, the GWR obtained a fresh Act of Parliament granting an extension...

Wallingford branch line opened, it ran regular passenger shuttle services to the GWR mainline for almost a century. It closed to passengers in 1959; the line...

Barton Hill MPD. Initial steam power was supplied by GWR 7800 Class 7802 Bradley Manor and GWR 4073 Class 5051 Earl Bathurst, but has varied since by...

Railway (GWR) and the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) were engaged in a struggle to secure territory, known as the gauge war: the GWR lines were...

The GWR 439 Class, nicknamed the Bicycle Class because of its unusual appearance, was a series of six 2-4-0 mixed-traffic engines designed by Joseph Armstrong...

originally pulled sugar beet trains for the Great Western Railway of Colorado (GWR), and it was the largest of the company's roster. On April 5, 1967, No. 90...

'Halls', and large ex-mainline diesel engines. Following the purchase of GWR Castle Class No.7029 Clun Castle in January 1966 by Patrick Whitehouse, the...

operate had been extended to 2028. During August 2018, Great Western Railway (GWR) took over the operation of Heathrow Express as part of a new management...

intended mineral flows were being adequately handled on other routes, and the GWR did not open the line to traffic, although in 1885 a short length at the...

Built between December 1838 and June 1841 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) under the direction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the straight tunnel descends...

North Road (Joint) Plymouth Millbay (GWR) Devonport Albert Road (GWR) Devonport Kings Road (LSWR) Dockyard (GWR) Albert Road Halt (LSWR) Ford (LSWR) Camels...

Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh. Great Western Railway (GWR) the GWR was incorporated in 1835 to construct a railway, operated on the broad...

just north of White City (ex-GWR, closed 1938), at North Acton (ex-GWR, closed 1964), and at Ealing Broadway (connection to GWR, closed 1972, and siding connections...

junction at Barton unresolved. In fact the GWR considered the HH&BR line worthy of developing as an ally, and the GWR General Manager, John Grierson, visited...

seventh studio album by English rock band Motörhead, released in July 1986 by GWR Records, the band's first album with the label. It is the band's first album...

out from Bristol to Plymouth with fellow GWR engine Drysllwyn Castle during the 150th Anniversary of the GWR in 1985. 4930 also featured running passenger...

Railway's (GWR) Swindon to Gloucester services running on parallel tracks. Passengers at the Haresfield station were not able to board passing GWR trains...

1953 Marston Halt GWR 1955 Marston Lane GWR 1864 Marston Magna GWR 1966 Marston Moor NER 1958 Marteg Halt GWR 1962 Martell Bridge Halt GWR 1937 Martham Midland...

Railway was operated by the Great Western Railway from October 1877, the GWR shed code being SBZ. A new, elevated coaling road and 45,000 gallon water...

were delivered to British Rail in 1948–49. The two shunters used by the GWR were numbered 1 and 2, while a series commencing at 501 was planned for the...

Grüning & Co. 591? of 1859); GWR no. 2108; withdrawn 1885 Named after the bird of prey, hawk. Giraffe (SG 365 of 1859); GWR no. 2112; withdrawn 1877 Giraffe...

regional director of Business in the Community, North Bristol NHS Trust, GWR West, a member of the Ethnic Minority Business Forum, the Home Office representative...

'Chard' on 1 March 1928, but it appeared as such in GWR timetables before that date. 1948 saw the SR and GWR nationalised as British Railways and from 26 September...

the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR). It remained a joint railway until nationalisation of the railways in 1948...

had previously been with the GWR. In his early LMS days, he designed his Stanier Mogul 2-6-0, experimenting with the GWR school of thought on locomotive...

Cross Turnchapel Billacombe Oreston Plymstock Laira Bridge over River Plym Lucas Terrace Halt to Plymouth Millbay  (GWR) and Plymouth Friary  (LSWR)...

These features make it suitable for negotiating sharp curves. GWR 1101 Class GWR 1361 Class GWR 1366 Class LSWR B4 class LB&SCR E2 class SR USA class British...

Bristol and Exeter Railway which became a part of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1876. The Minehead Railway was taken over by the Great Western in 1897...

from London to Exeter. The GWR's longer route via Bristol became nicknamed the "Great Way Round" (after its initials GWR).[page needed] The direct line...

Hereford Railway which was jointly owned with GWR. Authorised in 1853, planning difficulties accessing the GWR station at Shrewsbury delayed opening until...

locomotives 2-cylinder standard classes British Railways steam locomotives GWR locomotives LMS locomotives LNER locomotives Southern Railway locomotives...

and March 1866, and were withdrawn between June 1887 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892. The entire class was sold to the Bristol and Exeter...

hour (64 km/h). 27 people were killed. The locomotive involved was GWR King Class GWR 6028 King Class King George VI which was subsequently repaired and...

was lent to the Great Western Railway (GWR). Between 1902 and 1911, 197 steam railcars were built, 99 by the GWR. Introduced either due to competition...

supported by the Great Western Railway, at Oswestry. The relationship with the GWR was sometimes rocky, however. On 2 September 1858 the London and North Western...

information Status Disused History Pre-grouping East Somerset Railway GWR Post-grouping GWR Western Region of British Railways Key dates 9 November 1858 Opened...

(1849–1883) GWR No. 2066 23 (1849–1885) GWR No. 2067 24 (1849–1884) GWR No. 2068 25 (1849–1884) GWR No. 2069 26 (1849–1887) GWR No. 2070 27 (1849–1883) GWR No...

The GWR 378 Class (also known as the Sir Daniel Class) was a class of 30 standard-gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives on the Great Western Railway in Britain...

built by Hudswell Clarke in 1921 just before the company was absorbed by the GWR. These had superheaters and larger cylinders and were classified AP. The...

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWR, GWSR or Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway) is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the...

however, the Great Western Railway (GWR) was initially focused on long distance traffic. The station was opened by the GWR on 1 February 1868. Originally simply...

Contains driving vehicle 50751 from 175008 "Class 175s enter traffic with GWR". Modern Railways. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025. "TFW ends...

7027 Thornbury Castle is a steam locomotive of the GWR 'Castle' Class, built in August 1949. Its first shed allocation was Plymouth Laira. Its March 1959...

vehicles, the first-class area has been removed from 2-car 165s operated by GWR. As such these vehicles are now technically DMOSL vehicles. The 3-car units...

junction with the Great Western Railway (GWR) line at Pontrilas where there would be running powers into the GWR station. Authorised capital was to be £60...

and Exeter Railway mainline, which was operated and then taken over by the GWR in 1890. The station became an important junction station, with branch lines...

January 29, 1890(1890-01-29) (aged 26) Truckee, California, US Known for "Lightest Recorded Adult" Height 50.8 cm (20.0 in) (claimed) 68 cm (26.8 in) (GWR)...

4.5 mi (7.2 km) away. The line was now simply a GWR branch line; passenger trains ran from the GWR Plymouth terminus at Millbay. In 1898 the working...

fitted with the vacuum brake. They both passed to the Great Western Railway (GWR) in July 1922, which assigned them to Diagram A114 and renumbered them 2194...

They had 5 ft 0 in (1.524 m) diameter driving wheels and, unlike other GWR 2-4-0s, only had inside frames. They were nominally rebuilds but only the...

Reading; the Crossrail project included electrification of this stretch. Some GWR inner suburban services using the GWML into Paddington were transferred to...

subsequently transferred to the GWR, still on loan from the WD, but retained their LMS numbers. No. 407, then on loan to the GWR and running as LMS 8293, was...

(GWR) commissioned him to create a set of cartoons on the theme of the GWR itself, which they then published as Railway Ribaldry. The Foreword (by GWR)...

continued to play a role in the battle between the LSWR and its allies, and the GWR and its satellites. Several nominally independent companies sought support...

North Road (Joint) Plymouth Millbay (GWR) Devonport Albert Road (GWR) Devonport Kings Road (LSWR) Dockyard (GWR) Albert Road Halt (LSWR) Ford (LSWR) Camels...

London, was a major trans-shipment point between the Great Western Railway (GWR) and barges on the River Thames. The building of Brentford Dock was started...

station opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on the former Bullo Pill Railway, later known as the GWR Forest of Dean Branch. The Halt was located...

of time the broad gauge had been eliminated on South Wales, enabling the GWR to develop mineral haulage from the area to London, West of England and South...

65 m) wheelbase. 39 (1868–1876) GWR No. 2001 40 (1873–1877) GWR No. 2002 41 (1868–1877) GWR No. 2003 42 (1868–1877) GWR No. 2004 Four of the 9-foot locomotives...

summit of Annapurna in 1985. For nearly 37 years, Guinness World Records (GWR) recognized Messner as the first person to climb all 14 of the world's mountains...

Railway (LNWR), and later the Great Western Railway (GWR), and two important joint lines with the GWR were built: the Taff Bargoed line (1876) and the Quakers...

assistant. A year later, Joseph Armstrong was promoted to the position of the GWR's Chief Locomotive Engineer and moved to Swindon Works. George Armstrong,...

8 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2015. Colin G. Maggs (2013). The GWR Bristol To Bath. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445625829. Retrieved 1 February...

GWR Firefly replica at Didcot Railway Centre. The wooden slats around boiler are an example of boiler lagging...

GWR goods train had to be altered. The mail train meanwhile was fast approaching Charfield and with this in mind, Button was forced to shunt the GWR goods...

Rattlebrook Peat Works 204⅕ Bridestowe Lydford Viaduct GWR to Launceston 207¼ Lydford 208¾ Brentor GWR to Plymouth River Wallabrook Viaduct 213¾ Tavistock...

the line opened on March 31, 1884. The station was named West Bay by the GWR to encourage holiday traffic. The line between West Bay and Bridport closed...

GWR amalgamated with the Cambrian Railways in 1921, it was also a major point of accessing GWR services into Mid and West Wales: Cambrian Line (GWR)...

of Crosses pattées and Fleurs-de-lis a Chain affixed also Or. Motto CAS GŴR NI CHÂR Y WLAD A'I MACO (Welsh: Hateful the man who loves not the country...

connect with the GWR at Yeovil Pen Mill from 2 February 1857. Both these lines were built using the 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge. The GWR line was converted...

leased to, and worked by, the Great Western Railway (GWR), before being fully absorbed by the GWR in 1905. The line was built with the hope of becoming...

project was sponsored by the Great Western Railway and in February 1845 the GWR announced that they had promised £500,000 towards the formation of the company...

band Motörhead, released in August 1987. It is their last album with the GWR label, as more legal issues embroiled the band with yet another label. Reaching...

Ready GWR 3700 Class GWR Green Limited Edition of 3440 City of Truro. DCC Ready GWR 4900 Class GWR Green, BR Green/Black DCC Ready GWR Dukedog Class GWR Green...

rebuilt with taper boilers and superheaters by the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1924. The first loco withdrawn was 402 in April 1948 from Treherbert...

monarch to travel by train, on 13 June 1842 on the Great Western Railway (GWR), which ran the line between London Paddington and Windsor for Windsor Castle...

Bathampton Hampton Row Halt St James's Bridge Bath Green Park Bath Spa (GWR) (MR and SDJR)   Skew Bridge Westmoreland Road goods yard Oldfield Park Somerset...

Railway 1968 Garnant GWR 1958 Garnant Halt GWR 1926 Garndiffaith L&NWR 1941 Garneddwen Corris Railway 1931 Garneddwen Halt GWR 1965 Garngad North British...

The British Great Western Railway (GWR) had used many S100s in South Wales during the Second World War. The GWR 1500 Class was partially inspired by...

British tour company Trafalgar Group, an American polling company Trafalgar, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive Trafalgar railway station, in Australia Trafalgar-class...

until 1907 as GWR No. 2, after which it was sold to the Bute Works Supply Company. Named after a monarch, see King. Prince (1871–1892) GWR No. 2137 Prince...

Western Railway (GWR) in 1922. In 1925, two were rebuilt with the then newly developed number 10 standard boiler and high domed cab by the GWR. In this form...

de Tehuantepec. In Great Britain, the Class 43 locomotives were numbered GWR 43022, 43158, and 43170; while the coaches were numbered LNER 41091, 41100...

GWR Lion, Atlas and Eagle Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Sharp, Roberts & Co. Serial number R, S, and T Build date 1838 Total produced 3 Rebuild...

1931". www.ws.rhrp.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. "GWR unknown Bogie Bolster". www.ws.rhrp.org.uk. Archived from the original on...

On Static Display 5029 Nunney Castle GWR 4073 Class 4-6-0 1934 Swindon Works Under Overhaul 6024 King Edward I GWR 6000 Class 4-6-0 1930 Swindon Works...

their new owners but continued to carry their names too. Tiny (1868 – 1883) GWR no. 2180 Tiny was built by Sara and Company of Penryn, Cornwall. It has a...

the line (see next section). Steventon was briefly the headquarters of the GWR: in October 1841, the Board decided to merge the previously-separate London...

basic principles established by GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward for Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotives. The U class design...

was across the street. The East Somerset station at this stage closed, but GWR trains ran through Priory Road without stopping for a further 56 years, until...

stone-built station opened on the 19 December 1893 when the Great Western Railway (GWR) opened the Kingsbridge branch line. The line was authorised for building...

by the GWR as side tanks. Three were sold in 1872 to the South Devon and the Cornwall Railways (Bulkeley & Fowler). They returned to the GWR on amalgamation...

Years active 1969–present Labels UA Charisma Bronze RCA/Active Flicknife GWR EBS Voiceprint Cherry Red Spinoffs Hawklords (1970s) Hawklords (2000s) Inner...

typical GWR design. These being a lamp room from Cleobury Mortimer, a larger hut from Bearley and another from Kingham. All are painted in the GWR Stone...

'Pen llun y gwr' and 'Pen llan y gwr'. The word 'gwr' at the end is interesting, meaning 'man' maybe an elder or leader in this context. 'Gwr' also appears...

serve the area south of Helston in Cornwall, the Great Western Railway (GWR) decided to test the market with bus services on the route. They learnt that...

nos. 83–84; GWR nos. 1353–4 2-4-0 – 3 built 1874–75: B&E nos. 3, 1, 16; GWR nos. 1355–7 0-6-0T – 2 built 1874–75: B&E nos. 114–115; GWR nos. 1376–7 0-4-0T...

Abinaya Squad Bogor City —N/a 43 Bogor Raya —N/a 44 Pakuan City 3rd in Group E 45 Depok City Depok City —N/a 46 Depok United Round of 16 47 GWR Family —N/a...

Status Disused History Original company LNWR/GWR joint Pre-grouping LNWR/GWR joint Post-grouping LMS/GWR joint Key dates 1868-69 Opened 1929-30 Rebuilt...

GWR 3521 class Type and origin Power type Steam Designer William Dean Builder GWR Swindon Works Order number Lots 73, 76 Serial number 1095–1114, 1117–1136...

planned extension was westward to Ealing. In 1905, the Great Western Railway (GWR) had obtained parliamentary approval to construct the Ealing and Shepherd's...

a harbour there in opposition to the GWR. Cropper was hostile to the GWR, and the high charge imposed by the GWR for the company's use of Narberth Road...

film Enola Holmes. Arley railway station Ivatt 4 43106 at Arley station. GWR 5700 Class 7714 waits at Arley station, bound for Kidderminster Butt (1995)...

this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "GWR 2361 Class" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2014)...

the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS); the Great Western Railway (GWR); the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER); and the Southern Railway (SR)...

Society (MFS), aided financially and in kind by the company, and named the GWR Medical Fund Society Baths and Dispensary. It housed purpose-designed rooms...

media related to Newbury Racecourse railway station. "GWR December 2024 Timetable" (PDF). "GWR December 2024 Timetable" (PDF). "Basingstoke Railway History...

the P&DR at a time, in the 1870s, when the rival Great Western Railway (GWR) was dominant. The LSWR had established a terminal for goods services at...

past and created multiple world records including 9 Guinness World Records (GWR) in various disciplines of mental calculation. Aaryan is board member of...

to the route from London to the west built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and its associated companies. The first route to Salisbury was from Southampton...

4920 Dumbleton Hall is a GWR 4900 Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive, built by the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works in March 1929. Named after Dumbleton...

Poem 31 of the Black Book of Carmarthen, a mid-13th-century manuscript, is known from its first line as Pa Ŵr yw'r Porthor? (Middle Welsh: Pa gur yv y...

(1865–1882) GWR no. 2121, originally intended to be named Fal Cato (1863–1877) GWR no. 2118 Eagle (1859–1876) GWR no. 2106 Elk (1859–1877) GWR no. 2107 Gazelle...

cylinders. 2-4-0s, being mixed-traffic engines, were not usually named on the GWR, but all of the 69s did carry names, as follows: 69 Avon 70 Dart 71 Dee 72...

20¾ Mary Tavy and Blackdown Tavistock North (LSWR) 16½ Tavistock South (GWR) LSWR to Devonport 15½ Whitchurch Down Platform Grenofen Tunnel Walkham Viaduct...

210 lbf (112.1 kN) Career Operators RR, GWR, BR Class RR: S & S1 Power class BR: 4F Numbers RR: 32-4, 111–4 GWR/BR: 78-83 Withdrawn 1954–5 Disposition...

several steam and diesel locomotives including: GWR 4575 class number 5553 GWR 5205 class number 5224 GWR 5600 class number 6634 British Rail Class 08 number...

charges the GWR imposed on M&SWJR trains. Finally, the northern section of the M&SWJR was extended in 1891 from Cirencester to a junction with the GWR Banbury...

South Devon Railway, in turn, amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the Bristol and Exeter Railway on 1 February 1876. The combined company...