Gwr Steam Engine Posters and Art Prints

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 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 5552 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Bodmin and Wenford 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 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.

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 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 4588 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

Night steam train passing through Bewdley Station, Severn Valley Railway

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

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!

For the train lover who loves playing with trains!

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!

For the train lover who loves playing with trains!

Stoked - excited or euphoric. Also the Fireman or Stoker on a steam engine will stoke the fire - To stoke is to poke a fire and fuel it so that it burns higher.

Built at the GWR’s Swindon Works in 1934 to Charles Collets design, 5029 Nunney Castle was one of a 171 strong class designed to haul the fastest of the GWRs express passenger services. Named for the castle near Frome in Somerset, 5029 spent much of her working life based at Old Oak Common depot in London. The engine moved to Worcester in 1958, then had spells at Newton Abbot and Laira before a final transfer in December 1962 took it to Cardiff East Dock, where it was to remain until being withdrawn along with other members of its class in December 1963.

Chuffing - used to emphasize what is being said or a sound made by a steam locomotive. We all know the sound, CHUFF CHUFF, CHUFF, it's one of the best sounds, In my opinion, that man has ever created.

Chuffing - used to emphasize what is being said or a sound made by a steam locomotive. We all know the sound, CHUFF CHUFF, CHUFF, it's one of the best sounds, In my opinion, that man has ever created.

Chuffing - used to emphasize what is being said or a sound made by a steam locomotive. We all know the sound, CHUFF CHUFF, CHUFF, it's one of the best sounds, In my opinion, that man has ever created.

Hercules Pulls Into Paignton Number of views as of 24th April 2019 = 1090. Hercules, a 4200 class, 2-8-0 tank locomotive pulls into Paignton station on the Dartmouth Steam Railway line in South Devon, England. Built in the Great Western Railway's Swindon works in 1920, locomotive number 4277 spent much of its working life hauling freight trains in South Wales. After 20 years lying dormant in a scrapyard near Barry, the engine was purchased and presumably restored but I don't know who by. It was sold to the Dartmouth Steam Railway in 2008 and now works the line under the name 'Hercules' between Paignton and Kingswear pulling a rake of 'chocolate and cream' Great Western livery coaches including a rather fine observation car (just behind t...

A line drawing depicting Great Western Railway locomotive Caldicot Castle No 4074 as it would have been seen when new in 1924 with a Churchward 3500 gallon tender.

A line drawing depicting Great Western Railway locomotive Pendennis Castle No 4079 as preserved with a Collett 4000 gallon tender.

Lady of Legend, August 2021 Locomotive number 2999 'Lady of Legend' is something of a rarity since none of the original Saint Class locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway were preserved. That being the case, the Didcot Railway Centre (Oxfordshire, England) began a project in the 1970s to build a new 'Saint'. Lady of Legend (completed in 2019 after many months of painstaking restoration work) is the end result. The frames and boiler were adapted from a Hall class locomotive 'Maindy Hall', recovered from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales. Date: 15th August 2021.

A digital art image of Castle Class locomotive 'Pendennis Castle' waiting at a country station. This is a locomotive with a prodigious history. It left the Great Western Railway's Swindon works in 1924 and in 1925 successfully took part in trials against the A4 Pacifics on the LNER between Kings Cross and Doncaster. In 1925 it was exhibited in the British Empire Exhibition as the most powerful express locomotive. It was finally withdrawn from service in 1964 and is now preserved at Didcot.

Great Western Railway pannier tank locomotive 3738. This locomotive, designed by Collett, is one of the 57xx class. It was built at the Great Western Railway works at Swindon in 1937 and saw service at Old Oak Common. After being sold for scrap, it was bought by the Great Western Society and now runs regularly at the Didcot Rail Centre, Oxfordshire.

A line drawing depicting Great Western Railway locomotive Chepstow Castle No 4077 as it would have been seen when new in 1924 with a Churchward 3500 gallon tender.

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