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A black and white image of Great Western Prairie engine 2-6-2, number 5541 built in 1928 at Swindon and preserved on the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire. This engine had undergone a nine year restoration and returned to service on the Dean Forest Railway on the 19th April 2014. Captured here on the first weekend in May in the spring sunshine, looking as good as the day she left the Swindon works over 85 years ago!

A black and white image of two Great Western Railway Class 4575 small prairies working together in the Royal Forest of Dean. Engine 5541 is a resident engine on the Dean Forest Railway with Engine 5521 as a visiting locomotive. 5521 is painted in London Transport colours and carries the number L150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan line.

Great Western Railway Lord of the Isles Steam locomotive

Two Great Western Railway Class 4575 small prairies working together in the Royal Forest of Dean. Engine 5541 is a resident engine on the Dean Forest Railway with Engine 5521 as a visiting locomotive. 5521 is painted in London Transport colours and carries the number L150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan line.

Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotive Bradley Manor in a design incorporating the nameplate.

A black and white image of Great Western Prairie engine 2-6-2, number 5541 built in 1928 at Swindon and preserved on the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire. This engine had undergone a nine year restoration and returned to service on the Dean Forest Railway on the 19th April 2014. Captured here on the first weekend in May in the spring sunshine, looking as good as the day she left the Swindon works over 85 years ago!

A colour artwork of GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5542 in Great Western Railway livery with "shirtbutton" logo . This locomotive is preserved at the South Devon Railway.

A colour artwork of GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5521 in Great Western Railway livery. This locomotive is preserved at Epping Ongar Railway.

A colour artwork of GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5526 in Great Western Railway livery. This locomotive is preserved at the South Devon Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Great Western Railway small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5553 in GWR livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

A colour artwork of British Railways Great Western Railway small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5572 in GWR livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre.

A drawing of a Great Western Railway small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5541 in GWR livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire.

A black and white image of Modified Hall Class 4-6-0 No. 7903 Foremarke Hall, built in March 1949 and withdrawn from British Rail service in 1964. Although this engine could be considered a GWR engine, it was built after nationalisation, hence was always a BR engine. Photographed here on a sunny autumn day on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway.

A Photograph of an old Great Western Railway Track side sign stating "Stop Look Listen - Beware of Trains". This would have been located at a point where a footpath crossed the line.

A black and white image of Hall class locomotive 6990 Witherslack Hall on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Gothland, home of the TV series Heartbeat. Witherslack Hall was built by British Railways to a GWR design in 1948 and withdrawn in 1966.

Ex GWR Large Prairie engine 5199 spent most of its working life in the Birmingham area based at Tyseley from 1934 to 49. It is photographed here in the Forest of Dean, visiting from the Llangollen Railway. The image depicts the engine as she would have worked, pulling a local passenger service on a branch line.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5552 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Bodmin and Wenford railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5538 in BR black livery. This locomotive is under restoration at the Flour Mill, Dean Forest Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 4588 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5541 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Dean Forest Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5553 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5532 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is under restoration at the Llangollen Railway.

A colour artwork of Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5521 as London Transport L150. This locomotive is preserved at Epping Ongar Railway.

The GWR 5700 Class, or 57xx class, was a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929 and 1950. With 863 built, they were the most prolific class of the GWR, and one of the most numerous classes of British steam locomotive. Converted from a photo taken at the National Railway Museum in York, UK in 2014

Side tank locomotive Metropolitan 1 visiting the Great Western Railway Centre at Didcot. This locomotive was built for the Metropolitan line and originally worked on both its overground and underground lines. In 2013 it once again hauled passengers between Olympia and Moorgate as part of the 150th anniversary of the London Underground railway.

Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotive King Edward the Second in a design incorporating the nameplate.

Great Western Railway pannier tank locomotive 3738 building up a head of steam before starting work at the Didcot Rail Centre. This engine, one of the 57xx class, was built at the GWR Swindon works in 1937 and saw service at the Old Oak Common depot. After eventually being sold for scrap, it was rescued by the Great Western Society and restored to full working order. Nikon D200 Nikkor 18-200

GWR Prairie Tank Locomotive Number of views as of 4th March 2018 = 800. Took a little trip down memory lane a few weeks ago aboard a steam train hauled by this GWR 4575 class 'Prairie' tank locomotive on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire railway from Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse. Number 5542 was built in 1928 at a total cost of just over £3600, and entered service in the Gloucester area, before being transferred later to Bristol, Taunton, Newton Abbott and Westbury. Withdrawn in 1961 by British Railways after completing almost a million miles of service, the engine then spent 14 years rusting away in a scrapyard before being acquired for restoration. After many years of fundraising and painstaking work, number 5542 made a comeb...

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Locomotive #1213 - Vale of Rheidol Railway, February 2020 The narrow gauge Vale of Rheidol railway runs from the West Wales coastal town of Aberystwyth to Devil's Bridge in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains, climbing 700 feet along its 12 mile route. Locomotive number 1213, shown here at Devil's Bridge station, is one of three 2-6-2 steam-driven tank locomotives used on the line. All three currently carry the historic Great Western livery that they were originally delivered in. Built in Swindon in the 1920s/30s, each engine weighs 25 tons and is more than 8 feet wide (despite the track gauge being just under 2 feet). With 10,510lbs tractive effort, they are the most powerful locomotives of their gauge ever built for a Welsh or British ...

A digital coloured pencil image of locomotive no. 4079 'Pendennis Castle'approaching the platform of a country station. This locomotive was built at theGreat Western Railway's Swindon works, entering service in 1925 as one of the most powerful engines on the British railway system. It was withdrawn from servuce in 1964 - a long and illustrious career and was soon bought for preservation.

*Steam Up at Devil's Bridge, February 2020* One for the rivet counters! Locomotive number 1213 lets off steam at the end of the line on the Vale of Rheidol railway, Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Wales. The railway runs from Aberystwyth up to Devil's Bridge, climbing 700 feet in 12 miles. Date: 21st February 2020.

Designed by the legendary artist, J5, now you can show your love of a classic railroad with this amazing custom logo for the Great Western Railway!

A drawing of a steam train coming straight at you!

Great Western Steam Loco 7029 Clun Castle

A black and white image of Great Western Railway Engine 2857 at Sunset. The engine driver is offering the single track working token to the Signalman who is just out of shot. Without the relevant token the train can't proceed along the single track sections. Engine 2857 was built in Swindon in 1918 and was in service until 1963. This class of engine (2800) was responsible for hauling most of the long distance heavy freight trains on the GWR / BR western region for almost 60 years!