Gwr Steam Engine Posters and Art Prints

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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!

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...

GWR 7029 Clun Castle smokebox and chimney

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.

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.

Steam engines being prepared for the gala day at Bridgnorth loco shed, Severn Valley 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.

Duck the Great Western Engine cheeky face

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 Steam Loco 7029 Clun Castle being coaled. Unknown photo date, BR Ferret & Dartboard logo was used from 1956 onwards. Please note that this is an historic image with some minor imperfections,age related marks etc

A drawing of a steam train coming straight at you!

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.

Great Western Steam Loco 7029 Clun Castle

Great Western Railway Steam Loco 7029 Clun Castle

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

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 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.

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

GWR loco shed at night

Great Western Railway loco shed at night

Great Western steam loco shed at night

A black and white image of 6023 King Edward the Second, photographed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland station on a damp day. King Edward II had been a guest locomotive for the Autumn Gala. The King is an ex Great Western Railway (GWR) King Class locomotive.

A black and white image of King Edward II, an ex Great Western Railway (GWR) King Class locomotive number 6023 photographed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland station. King Edward II had been a guest locomotive for the Autumn Gala and looks resplendent here catching the evening sunlight.

A black and white image of King Edward II, an ex Great Western Railway (GWR) King Class locomotive number 6023 photographed on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway near Winchcombe with the Malvern Hills in the background.

Great Western Railway Loco shed at night

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 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.

GWR 4079 Pendennis Castle crossing Victoria Bridge, River Severn on the Severn Valley Railway