GWR Railcar W22 is having a rare trip out of Didcot Railway Centre, for the first time since 1990! The team is working with East Somerset Railway to send it out to that railway’s Spring Gala in just a few weeks’ time as an ambassador, in March. With two Prairies and Llangollen Railway’s pannier 7754 also set to be hauling trains all weekend too, the two-day event is going to be a GWR branchline recreation unlike any other in years. If you’ve not been to the East Somerset before, this is definite
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GWR Railcar W22 is having a rare trip out of Didcot Railway Centre, for the first time since 1990! The team is working with East Somerset Railway to send it out to that railway’s Spring Gala in just a few weeks’ time as an ambassador, in March. With two Prairies and Llangollen Railway’s pannier 7754 also set to be hauling trains all weekend too, the two-day event is going to be a GWR branchline recreation unlike any other in years. If you’ve not been to the East Somerset before, this is definite
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A Lost GWR Treasure Restored In 1906, the Great Western Railway (GWR) built a state-of-the-art Goods Office HQ at Paddington, the heart of its vast freight empire. Freight was the railway’s biggest earner, transporting 90% of the UK’s coal and generating £5.7m in 1900 (£784m today!)—even more than its passenger services. To mark its importance, GWR installed a grand Italian marble mosaic of its crest in the entrance, created by specialist mosaic artists. For 80 years, thousands of workers and vi
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A Lost GWR Treasure Restored In 1906, the Great Western Railway (GWR) built a state-of-the-art Goods Office HQ at Paddington, the heart of its vast freight empire. Freight was the railway’s biggest earner, transporting 90% of the UK’s coal and generating £5.7m in 1900 (£784m today!)—even more than its passenger services. To mark its importance, GWR installed a grand Italian marble mosaic of its crest in the entrance, created by specialist mosaic artists. For 80 years, thousands of workers and vi
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We’re More Than Just Steam locomotives‼️ While Didcot Railway Centre is best known for its impressive collection of steam locomotives, our transport story goes far beyond the railway tracks. The Great Western Railway (GWR) also relied heavily on road vehicles for passenger movement, firefighting, and goods transport to locations that rail could not reach. 1934 Morris 8 Series 1 This saloon car, built at Cowley Works in Oxford, was a typical family vehicle of the 1930s. It competed with the Austi
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We’re More Than Just Steam locomotives‼️ While Didcot Railway Centre is best known for its impressive collection of steam locomotives, our transport story goes far beyond the railway tracks. The Great Western Railway (GWR) also relied heavily on road vehicles for passenger movement, firefighting, and goods transport to locations that rail could not reach. 1934 Morris 8 Series 1 This saloon car, built at Cowley Works in Oxford, was a typical family vehicle of the 1930s. It competed with the Austi
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