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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.

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 Withdrawn in 1961 by British Railways after completing almost a million miles of service, the engine then spent 14 years rusting away in a scrapyard before being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...

The Great Western Railways roundel, or shirt button was used on Engines and rolling stock in the period between 1934 and 1942.

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

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!

A black and white image of Great Western Railways Engine 2857 on the Severn Valley Railway at Highley Station in September 2018 celebrating her 100th birthday. 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!

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 black and white image of Great Western Railway engine 2857 pulling the early morning goods train through Arley station on the Severn Valley Railway early on a foggy morning. This nostalgic, almost eerie image of a goods train on a foggy morning with the station master walking up the platform has a period feel to it! 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!

Two Tanks, Didcot, August 2021 Two 'Great Western' tank engines on display at the Didcot Railway Centre (Oxfordshire, England), On the left is an 0-4-0 ST (Saddle Tank) loco, number 1338, built for the Cardiff railway in 1898. On the right is a 2-6-2T engine, number 5572, built at Swindon works in 1929. Just visible in the shed to the rear is GWR diesel railcar, number 22. These were introduced in the 1930s and were the forerunner to more modern diesel multiple units (DMUs). Date: 15th August 2021.

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

GWR City of Truro

Cornwall GWR

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 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 saddle tank 1340 Trojan at the Didcot Rail Centre, Oxfordshire. This locomotive was built by the Avonside Engine Company in 1897, largely seeing service in the South Wales docks. It was finally sold to a Midlands colliery before finishing its working life. It has now been fully restored by the Didcot Rail Centre and can be seen here on the traverser in front of the engine sheds building up a head of steam in preparation for shunting duties.

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.

Vintage Great Western Railway No Spitting on the platform sign

GWR 7029 Clun Castle smokebox and chimney

Great Western Railway Steam Loco 7029 Clun Castle

A black and white photograph of GWR (Great Western Railway) King Class locomotive, King Edward the Second number 6023 double heading with Hall class locomotive, Foremarke Hall as they round Chicken Curve near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. Both engines are working hard on the wet track, on this atmospheric rainy day.

A black and white image of Great Western Railway locomotive Bradley Manor photographed on the Severn Valley Railway in 2006 set against a glorious evening sky. The Great Western Manor Locomotives were lighter utility engines used on both passenger and freight. Bradley Manor was built in 1939 and withdrawn from service in 1965.

Duck the Great Western Engine cheeky face

The Firefly class of locomotive was designed by Daniel Gooch for the Great Western Railway and saw service between 1840 and 1879. They were broad gauge locomotives running on rails 7ft 1/4 inch wide (ie 2140mm), a gauge peculiar to the GWR in the 1800s. Pictured here is a reproduction built by the Firefly Trust and completed in 2005 which now runs on broad gauge track at the Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire. The carriages are mostly open - and unsprung! Nikon D200 Nikkor 18-200

GWR 0-6-0 tank engine, No. 6695, approaching Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

Ex GWR King class steam loco 6007 King William III in British Raiways livery at Stafford road depot coaling stage, Wolverhampton

Great Western Railway loco shed at night

GWR steam loco Erlestoke Manor approaching Bewdley tunnel, Severn Valley Railway

Great Western steam loco shed at night

High resolution reproduction, Photoshop corrected for sharp prints and vibrant crisp colors, digitally repaired for blemishes, tears, and missing elements. SOUTHERN IRELAND GWR Great Western Railway Vintage Rail Train Poster.

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 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.

GWR 800 class trains at Paddington station, London

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 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 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 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.