Steam locomotives shaped Britain’s industrial, social, and engineering legacy. Here’s a journey through the key engines that ...

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A hobbyist built a replica of the GWR King Class steam train - and it could sell for up to £20,000. Vic Whittaker, 79, spent two years and 2,000 hours building an exact replica of the Great Western ...

The GWR Class 2-8-0 No. 2818 was built at Swindon Works in 1905 An historic locomotive considered to be "very important" in the development of the railways is returning to the town in which it was ...

A steam train aficionado has bought a former Great Western Railway locomotive and is housing it alongside a number of buses and coaches in his Weston-super-Mare bus depot. Jonathan Jones-Pratt ...

"My ancestor George Jackson Churchward was Chief Engineer for the Great Western Railway. How significant was he in the GWR's success?" George Jackson Churchward was a Devon man who went to work on the ...

Caerphilly Castle was designed and built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon. It was built in 1923 and was the prototype of the Castle Class - a now iconic class of locomotive. Built in the heyday ...