perishable items. Originally such containers were carried on general-purpose flat trucks and wagons, but from 1931 the GWR built or converted a number of...

intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers). Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading,...

An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or a freight container, (or simply "container") is a large metal crate designed and built...

GWR 4073 "Castle" Class No. 4079 Pendennis Castle is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2800 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed in 1903 by George Jackson Churchward. Members of the class have a 2-8-0...

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...

moving unprocessed milk from one container to another, and hence potential cross contamination or need for the GWR to install hygienic washing facilities...

these were known as "Felix Pole" wagons after the GWR's General Manager who promoted their use. Container wagons appeared in 1931 and special motor car vans...

The GWR autocoach (or auto-trailer) is a type of coach that was used by the Great Western Railway for push-pull trains powered by a steam locomotive....

public service between Slough, Windsor and Didcot. Soon after this, the GWR ordered the next three production units, Nos. 2 to 4, which were built with...

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...

it was the largest depot on the entire GWR system, and set the pattern for similar depots throughout the GWR including Tyseley. It had four 65 feet (19...

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

The GWR 0-6-0PT (pannier tank), is a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway with the water tanks carried on both sides of...

original carriages survive in preservation. The original backers of the GWR had adopted Isambard Kingdom Brunel's plan to speed trans-Atlantic Ocean...

Telegraph Message Code book unless stated otherwise. The Great Western Railway (GWR) pioneered telegraph communication over the 13 miles (21 km) from Paddington...

and consisted of four-wheeled coaches. In 1895 the Great Western Railway (GWR), now at standard gauge, laid water troughs at Goring and Keynsham allowing...

Britain - Part One". The Railway Magazine. November 2011. "GWR - B3 Train Times" (PDF). GWR. 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2024...

1928–1939 (198 built). Ten more were opened by British Rail on ex-GWR lines. The GWR also built 34 "platforms". Many such stops remain on the national...

were built at Swindon Works, but 14 (GWR Nos. 15, 16, and 61–72) were built by Kerr, Stuart and Company, and 8 (GWR Nos. 73–80) were built by the Gloucester...

coaches and goods wagons. Most of these are typical of Great Western Railway (GWR) branch lines in Somerset, or of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SDJR)...

Note: Marks ending in U are for container owners; marks ending in X are not common carriers; marks ending in Z are for trailers without flanged wheels...

was taken to transport the milk churns. From the 1880s, the GWR had introduced the popular GWR Siphon series of passenger carriage chassis-based high-speed...

counter the critic of the Great Western Railway (GWR) actually standing for "The Great Way Round", the GWR started a series of straightening projects between...

reproduced historic colours, such as RAF Duck Egg Blue, Luftwaffe Dunkelgrun or GWR Coach Stock Chocolate. Initially these were only sold in sets, but from 1974...

500 employees of the Great Western Railway (GWR) who were killed in the conflict. One-third of the GWR's workforce of almost 80,000 left to fight in the...

for 4003 Lode Star & The GWR Railcar. GWR 4073 Class 4073 Caerphilly Castle – Built in 1923. Part of the National Collection GWR 4200 Class 4248 – Built...

From 1920, the cab side of Great Western Railway (GWR) steam locomotives bore a letter on a coloured disc, which enabled staff to quickly assess the capabilities...

by Transport for Wales. The depot is used by Transport for Wales fleet, GWR Class 158s and some Cross Country Class 170s. In steam days the depot was...

locomotives to the GWR soon afterwards. Thirty-nine locomotives acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922. Forty-seven locomotives were acquired by the GWR on 1 July...