Significantly, the current level of planned investment in the west of England’s rail network is on a scale with that of Brunel’s time, as GWR posters continue to remind its customers: “the biggest ...

In it was a photograph of a steam train - 'City of Truro', of the Great Western Railway - which it was claimed reached 102mph during the first decade of the last century. Recently, there have been ...

The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) expects the locomotive ... but will still play its part throughout the Gala. GWR Pannier Tank 7714 will be in steam offering footplate rides for an extra charge ...

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