showed the power classification, and the coloured disc showed the weight restriction. This system continued after the GWR became the Western Region of...

GWR had given way to BR Western Region, which numbered them 18000 and 18100. Great Western Railway Power and Weight Classification Ten 34xx Atbaras were...

ever owned by the Cambrian Railways. In this form, they were to GWR Diagram A13, with power classification "A", and weight restriction "Yellow". Unlike...

STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England...

Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th-century British painter J. M. W. Turner. The painting was first exhibited...

superheater. With the introduction of Great Western Railway Power Classification in 1920, the power classification was "Special" (denoted by a black "+"...

The passenger coaches of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were many and varied, ranging from four and six-wheeled vehicles for the original broad gauge...

Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent...

Great Western Railway accidents include several notable incidents that influenced rail safety in the United Kingdom. In common with other railway companies...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales...

Curtis, and Kennedy for the London and North Western Railway. It was exhibited at The Great Exhibition in 1851 but was only moderately successful and no more...

multiples of the previous classifications. Non-Articulated steam: 1320 - 2-2-2-0 locomotive, based on the London and North Western Railway's Dreadnought Class...

October 2021, a South Western Railway Class 159 unit, 159102, collided with Great Western Railway class 158 coupled units, 158762 and 158763, at Salisbury...

Kalmbach Publishing Co. OCLC 19985835. "Clearance and Weight Diagrams for Standard Locomotives". Railway Age. 65 (17): 745–746. October 25, 1918 – via Archive...

British Railways the name was applied to a different service, starting variously from Wolverhampton, Leeds or Bradford. In 2006, First Great Western, now...

The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. It connects to other...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1366 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotives built in 1934. They were a useful design and because of their...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1835 and nationalised on 1 January 1948. During this time it amalgamated with...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotives, designed by G.J. Churchward for mixed traffic duties. 342 were...

duties on the network. The British Railways power classification of the Grange Class was 5MT, its GWR power class was D, and its route availability colour...

SD series locomotives provide more tractive effort and more even distribution of locomotive weight compared to the four axle GP series locomotives. SD9s...

The Great Western Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Charles Sargeant Jagger and Thomas S. Tait. It stands on platform 1 at London...

nationalisation in 1948, British Railways gave them the power classification 5MT. By the end of 1923 the Great Western Railway (GWR) was well served with express...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were designed as a lighter version of the Grange...

route). The Torbay Express was a named train run by the Great Western Railway between Paddington and Kingswear, with a departure time from Paddington of 11:50...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2251 Class or Collett Goods Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam tender locomotives designed for medium-powered freight. They...

(HST) is the TOPS classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train (formerly Classes 253 and 254) diesel-electric power cars, built by British...

"Big Emma" by railwaymen and railway enthusiasts. The Lickey Incline is the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in Great Britain. The function of...

January 1 – The classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways that formed South African Railways in 1910 is implemented...

Engineer to the Great Western Railway Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1833-1837) Locomotive Superintendent Daniel Gooch (1837–1864) Joseph Armstrong (1864–1877)...