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GWR locos prepare to head special train at North Road station
by Martin Tester
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GWR locos 7325 & 6024 'King Edward 1' back down into North Road... (more)
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Newquay - Paddington express descending Rattery Bank at Tigley
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SX7560
View westward, towards Plymouth and Penzance: ex-GWR South Devon main line.... (more)
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An early 'Saint' at Gloucester GWR Shed, 1947
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SO8318
Still at work but with less than a year to live, GWR 'Saint' 4-6-0 No.... (more)
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Little and large at Winchcombe
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SP0229
During the Cotswold Festival of Steam. The small locomotive is Lancashire &... (more)
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GW 'King' 4-6-0 at Finsbury Park on 1948 Exchange Trials
by Ben Brooksbank
for square TQ3186
View southward towards King's Cross, with the extraordinary sight of ex-GWR... (more)
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'Hall' 4-6-0 as Station Pilot at Reading General
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU7173
View eastwards, towards London: ex-GWR Main line. A Pilot was constantly on duty... (more)
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Paddington - Perranporth/Penzance express struggling up Dainton Bank
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SX8566
View NW, towards Newton Abbot, Exeter, Taunton and Bristol/London: ex-GWR South... (more)
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Sunday Paddington - Plymouth via Bristol express arriving at Swindon
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU1585
View eastward, towards Reading and London on the ex-GWR main line. Unlike on... (more)
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Piloted Up freight climbing out of the Severn Tunnel through Pilning High Level station
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST5684
One of the 2-6-2Ts dedicated to assisting freight trains through the Tunnel,... (more)
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'Summer Saturdays in the West': Newquay - Newcastle express descending Rattery Bank
by Ben Brooksbank
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A demonstration goods train leaving Winchcombe
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SP0229
Part of the Cotswold Festival of Steam. The locomotive is No. 7820 Dinmore Manor... (more)
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Newport High Street station, Paddington - Pembroke Dock express, 1955
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST3088
View NE, towards England: Severn Tunnel Junction etc. The 13.55 from Paddington... (more)
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GW 'Manor' at Tilehurst
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SU6775
View NE, towards Reading and Paddington - on the right: ex-GWR London - Reading... (more)
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Down Parcels from Paddington approaching Old Oak Common East Junction
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square TQ2282
View eastward, towards Paddington: ex-GWR main line from Paddington. The train... (more)
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Down freight passing Moreton Cutting Yard, just east of Didcot
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU5589
View eastward, towards Reading and Paddington: ex-GWR main line London - Swindon... (more)
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Down freight on ex-GWR main line at Woodley Bridge, east of Reading
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SU7473
View eastward, towards London on the ex-GWR Main line, Paddington - Reading etc.... (more)
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West of England - Paddington express approaching Twyford
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU7775
View SW, towards Reading and the West: ex-GWR Main Line. Collett... (more)
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Up South Wales - Paddington express surmounting at Pilning High Level the climb out of the Severn Tunnel
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST5684
View westward, down towards the Tunnel and South Wales: ex-GWR Main Line. The... (more)
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Taplow, with Up Hereford express, 1953
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU9181
View westward, towards Reading etc. on the ex-GWR main line from Paddington. The... (more)
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A now preserved GW 2-6-2T at Gloucester Locomotive Depot with a 'Hall' 4-6-0
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SO8418
Collett-design '5101' class 2-6-2T No. 4141, always a Gloucester... (more)
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Express locomotive backing out of Old Oak Common Depot to take up a train at Paddington
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square TQ2282
View eastward from the footbridge at Old Oak Common East Junction: ex-GWR main... (more)
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Empty stock train approaching Lawrence Hill, running Down towards Bristol
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST6073
View northward, towards Stapleton Road, Filton Junction, then South Wales via... (more)
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Newcastle-on-Tyne - Cardiff express at Newport High Street
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST3088
View eastwards, towards England: ex-GWR South Wales main line, showing the Down... (more)
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Paddington - Oxford semi-fast entering Pangbourne
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU6376
View eastward, towards Reading and London: ex-GWR Main Line. This important... (more)
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Paddington - South Wales relief express at Didcot
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU5290
View SE, towards Didcot station, Reading and London: ex-GWR main lines to... (more)
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Down fast freight entering Newport High Street - still with a 'dirty old steam engine'
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST3088
View eastward, towards the Usk Bridge and all points except west: ex-GWR South... (more)
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Manchester - Penzance express between Wellington and Whiteball Tunnel
by Ben Brooksbank
for square ST1220
View NE, towards Taunton and Bristol/London: ex-GWR West Country main line. One... (more)
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Double-headed Paddington - Penzance express stopping at Reading General
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SU7173
Except over the South Devon banks, it was unusual for a 'King' to... (more)
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Down express rushing through Didcot on Christmas Eve
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU5290
View eastward, towards Reading and Paddington: ex-GWR Main Line, London -... (more)
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Paddington - Bristol express on Goring water-troughs
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SU6078
View SE at Lower Basildon (west of Pangbourne), towards Reading and London:... (more)
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Bristol - Penzance express ascending Rattery Bank - 95 minutes late
by Ben Brooksbank
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Bournemouth - Manchester express north of Goring & Streatley
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU6081
View southward, towards Reading and London: ex-GWR main line via Reading. This... (more)
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Nottingham - Bournemouth West express leaving Westbury (!)
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST8551
View NE, towards Westbury station and Bristol via Trowbridge, also London via... (more)
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Double-headed Down express pounding up from Wellington to Whiteball Summit
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST1220
View northward, towards Taunton and Bristol/London on the ex-GWR West Country... (more)
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Up stopping train at South Stoke, near Cholsey & Moulsford
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU5984
View NW, towards Didcot, Oxford and the North/Swindon and the West: ex-GWR main... (more)
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Ex-GWR 'Hall' 4-6-0 under restoration at Matlock, Peak Rail
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SK2960
Having been recovered from Woodham's Scrapyard at Barry in 1981, Collett... (more)
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Birkenhead - Margate/Eastbourne express approaching Banbury
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SP4641
View northward at Banbury Junction Yards, towards Birmingham etc. on the GWR... (more)
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Churchward 'Saint' 4-6-0 on Down Cheltenham express near Tilehurst
by Ben Brooksbank
for square SU6775
View eastward, towards Reading and London: ex-GWR Paddington - Reading - Swindon... (more)
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Bridge and Railway Locomotive 2999 at North Weald Station
by David Hillas
geograph for square TL4903
This photo shows the railway bridge and locomotive 2999 (Lady of Legend) with a... (more)
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway - tender first to Toddington
by Chris Allen
for square SP0532
A double headed train from Cheltenham Racecourse is arriving at Toddington. In... (more)
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Great Central Railway - Leicester North Station
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SK5808
This is a modern station close to the old Birstall Station, the site of which... (more)
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Down 'Bristolian' at Bristol Temple Meads, 1955
by Ben Brooksbank
for square ST5972
The crack express on Brunel's pioneering route from London to Bristol had... (more)
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A 'King' ready to leave Paddington on the 'Merchant Venturer', 1956
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square TQ2681
View towards the buffer-stops on Platform 1 of modernised 'King' 4-6-0... (more)
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Goring & Streatley station, with cross-country express, 1964
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU6080
View southward, towards Reading, where this 08.49 Summer Saturday express from... (more)
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Westbourne Park, GWR 1946
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square TQ2481
View westward from the end of the Slow line platform of the main line station,... (more)
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Ex-GW 'Grange' 4-6-0 outside Basingstoke Locomotive Depot
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU6352
The ex-LSW London - West Country main line is in the foreground and the Shed is... (more)
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Cardiff - Bristol train entering Newport High Street
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST3088
View westward from the Down main platform, towards Cardiff etc, etc : ex-GWR... (more)
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Paddington - Reading local train near Ruscombe Siding, approaching Twyford
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SU8076
View eastward, towards London: ex-GWR Paddington - Reading etc. main line. The... (more)
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South Wales - West Country relief express climbing up Wellington Bank
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST1220
View northward, towards Wellington, Taunton and Bristol/London etc.: ex-GWR West... (more)
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Wood Lane (London) Milk empties entering Newport High Street
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square ST3088
View eastward, to the now derelict Newport East Box, the Usk Bridge and all... (more)
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