This text celebrates 150 years of the Great Western Railway retelling the full story of this institution, with contributions from experts in all fields including many who worked on the line. Every aspect of the line's history is covered, including the locomotives, branch lines, summer Saturday peak traffic, GWR narrow guage and other operations.
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This detailed history shows just how the GWR earned its moniker, 'God's Wonderful Railway'. A choice book on perhaps the best loved and most publicised transport system in the world.
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Few groups of initials have ever meant so much to so many people as GWR. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
slip coach, gauge vehicles, pannier tank, slip portions, coupled wheels, mixed gauge, gauge routes, named train, erecting shop, broad gauge, gauge stock, locomotive construction, avoiding line, express passenger, class engines, distant signal, third class passengers, axle load, wheel arrangement, coal wagons, standard gauge, fastest train Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Western, Western Region, South Wales, Newton Abbot, Cornish Riviera, Snow Hill, Dean Goods, Service Time Tables, Cheltenham Flyer, Severn Tunnel, Stafford Road, South Devon, Swindon Works, Railway Executive, The Railway Magazine, West Country, West of England, City of Truro, Old Oak Common, Sir Felix Pole, Bristol Temple Meads, Fire Fly, North Wales, South Western, Torbay Express New!
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- History of the Great Western Railway: 1833-63 v. 1 by Edward T. MacDermot on page 148, and Back Matter
- The Great Western Railway: A New History by Frank Booker on page 204, and Back Matter
- Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson on page 148, and page 154
- Life in a Railway Factory Spec Hb by Alfred illiams on page 82
- Castles and Kings : Ontario Mansions and the People Who Lived in Them by Ron Brown on page 176
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- Passion for Steam by Patrick Whitehouse on page 34, page 60, and page 123
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