GWR Story

GWR Story
Title GWR Story PDF eBook
Author Rosa Matheson
Publisher The History Press
Pages 45
Release 2012-02-29
Genre Transportation
ISBN 0752485040

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The Great Western Railway – quickly coming to be known as ‘God’s Wonderful Railway’ – was once regarded as the most advanced in the world. Engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel it was initially designed to connect Bristol to London and came to develop a distinct character all of its own, one of the many reasons why it remains a much-loved and popular area of interest.This book traces its history covering topics such as the company, its engines and carriages, its engineers – including Gooch, Dean, Armstrong, Collett, Churchward and of course Brunel – as well as the battle of the gauges. Full of little-known facts and figures and with numerous photographs and memorabilia as well as a timeline, it is a tale full of record breakers and mighty achievements waiting to be retold to a modern age.

A History of the Great Western Railway

A History of the Great Western Railway
Title A History of the Great Western Railway PDF eBook
Author Colin Maggs
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2025-01-15
Genre Transportation
ISBN 9781398125391

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New paperback edition - A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.

A History of the Great Western Railway

A History of the Great Western Railway
Title A History of the Great Western Railway PDF eBook
Author Colin Maggs
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 449
Release 2013-09-15
Genre Transportation
ISBN 144561300X

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A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.

The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World

The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World
Title The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World PDF eBook
Author Paula S. Fass
Publisher Routledge
Pages 554
Release 2013
Genre History
ISBN 0415782325

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The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding the history of childhood in the West from antiquity to the present day. By broadly incorporating the research in the field of Childhood Studies, the book explores the major advances that have taken place in the past few decades in this crucial field. This important collection from a leading international group of scholars presents a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field. It will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of childhood.

Swindon Works: The Legend

Swindon Works: The Legend
Title Swindon Works: The Legend PDF eBook
Author Rosa Matheson
Publisher The History Press
Pages 142
Release 2016-05-02
Genre Transportation
ISBN 0750968869

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The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works iconic? Was it its worldwide reputation; perhaps its profound impact in shaping the new town of Swindon; or that it melded those who worked there into one big family? In a new and exciting format, this book, by popular railway historian Rosa Matheson, helps explain why the never-ending love story endures. With big facts and fascinating stories, it is a must read not only for ex-Works employees and their families, nor just for GWR fans and railway enthusiasts, but also for any newcomer seeking to find a good way into railway history.

The Great Western Society

The Great Western Society
Title The Great Western Society PDF eBook
Author Anthony Burton
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 281
Release 2019-03-30
Genre Transportation
ISBN 1526719479

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This chronicle of one of England’s most popular railway museums tells the remarkable story of four friends who turned their boyhood dream into reality. Located in the Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire, England, the Great Western Society is dedicated to preserving the steam locomotives and other artifacts of Great Western Railway. Starting in the 1830s and operating well into the 20h century, G.W.R. brough a sense of romance to train travel as it connected London to Western England and Wales. But while this British railway company is truly legendary, The Great Western Society has a fascinating history of its own. Formed in 1960, The Great Western Society was founded by a group of schoolboys who wanted to save a Great Western Tank locomotive and an auto trailer. A letter they sent to The Railway Magazine proposing their idea led to one of Britain’s most successful heritage railway projects. Today that original project has blossomed into the best collection of Great Western rolling stock and locomotives in the world.

Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Built by the Great Western Railway

Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Built by the Great Western Railway
Title Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Built by the Great Western Railway PDF eBook
Author David Maidment
Publisher Pen and Sword Transport
Pages 202
Release 2023-06-01
Genre Transportation
ISBN 1399022598

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This book is a comprehensive history of all twenty-six classes of four coupled tank engines commissioned by the Great Western Railway or built at their Wolverhampton and Swindon Works, from the Broad Gauge 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 tanks of the 1840s and 1850s to the well known Collett 0-4-2 branch line engines of classes 48XX (later renumbered 14XX) and 58XX of the 1930s. As well as the Broad Gauge engines, the strange looking ‘Covertibles’ of William Dean, a number of experimental ‘one-off’ designs, the numerous Wolverhampton 0-4-2Ts of the ‘517’ class and the Swindon built ‘2-4-0 ‘Metro Tanks’ are described with – where known – their allocation and operation. The book includes twenty weight diagrams and nearly 300 photographs, over 50 in color. The four-coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western from other companies at or before 1923 will be featured in a separate volume to follow.