The nineteenth century was a time of innovation and expansion across the industrial landscape, and nowhere more so than on the railways, as the new age of iron, steel and steam, literally, gathered pace.  Meer

Well-illustrated history of the much-loved GWR  Meer

The reminiscences of a former Swindon apprentice rekindle the days of Great Western steam.  Meer

Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history.  Meer

The Great Western Railway at Swindon, with its highly skilled craftsmen, is world-famous. Retired GWR railwayman Ken Gibbs seeks to redress the balance and reveal for the first time exactly ‘how they did it’ – showcasing the history and work of the Carriage and Wagon Works at Swindon.  Meer

Self-propelled carriages were a major innovation at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the GWR was quick to develop a large number of steam motor cars to link farms and scattered villages across the South West to the new branch lines.  Meer