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 ...

A blue plaque honouring Great Western Railway’s first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon as part of the 200th anniversary celebrations of the birth of the railway. James ‘Jim’ Hurst, who ...

Reference: Pick of the Past, Post, Wednesday, July 2. In answer to your question, the locomotive heading the trainload of Suttons & Pilgrims wagons is one of the second series of a class of Great ...

Exclusive: ‘If you can't improve the journey time, it's about improving the time on the journey,’ says Peninsula Transport ...

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 ...

Great Western Railway (GWR) has warned that its services from Swindon to Gloucester may be cancelled or delayed until this issue is resolved. An investigation into the problem remains ongoing at the ...

It was full steam ahead as the final three GWR Manor locomotives to work the famous Cambrian Network were reunited during a special event at the Severn Valley Railway. All three took hundreds of ...

Technology originally developed for F1 cars is being trialed by Great Western Railway to help trains across Somerset have ...

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 ...