The Great Western Railway, usually abbreviated GWR, was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833 at a meeting in Bristol, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835, and ran its first trains in 1838. The initial main route between London and Bristol was completed in 1841. Its principal London terminus was Paddington station, where the company was headquartered. As one of the major British railway companies, it shaped how passengers and goods moved between the capital and the western regions of England and Wales.
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Built and opened by the Great Western Railway in 1860; later operated by successor railway companies.
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1. Great Western Railway (Wikipedia)
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It was founded in 1833
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales.
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The war damaged GWR became part of British Railways on January 1, 1948.
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The war damaged GWR became part of British Railways on January 1, 1948.
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The war damaged GWR became part of British Railways on January 1, 1948.
View the SourceWikipedia: GWR 4073 Class
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The 4073 or Castle Class are 4-6-0 type steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway, built between 1923 and 1950.
GWR 4900 Class (Wikipedia)
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designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway
GWR 6959 Class (Wikipedia)
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They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles Collett's earlier Hall Class
GWR 6800 Class (Wikipedia)
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all built at the Swindon works
GWR 7800 Class (Wikipedia)
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They were named after Manors in the area covered by the Great Western Railway.
GWR 2900 Class (Wikipedia)
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designed by George Jackson Churchward
GWR 1000 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway 1000 Class or County Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive.
GWR 1400 Class (Wikipedia)
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The GWR 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by the Great Western Railway for branch line passenger work.
GWR 2251 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2251 Class or Collett Goods Class was a class of 0-6-0 type steam tender locomotives designed for medium-powered freight.
GWR 2800 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2800 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed in 1903 by George Jackson Churchward.
GWR 5600 Class (Wikipedia)
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They were designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway (GWR)
GWR 5700 Class (Wikipedia)
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The GWR 5700 Class (or 57xx class) is a class of 0-6-0PT steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929 and 1950.
GWR 4700 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4700 Class was a class of nine 2-8-0 steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward.
GWR 9400 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0PT pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties.
GWR 4575 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4575 Class is a class of 2-6-2T British steam locomotives.
GWR 6400 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6400 Class is a class of 0-6-0PT type steam locomotives introduced by Charles Collett in 1932.
GWR 4200 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4200 Class is a class of 2-8-0T steam locomotives.
GWR 3800 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway 3800 Class, also known as the County Class, were a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger train work introduced in 1904 in a batch of ten.
GWR 6100 Class (Wikipedia)
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The GWR 6100 Class is a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotives.
GWR Iron Duke Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of
GWR 3031 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class is a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899.
GWR 2301 Class (Wikipedia)
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2301 Class or Dean Goods Class is a class of British 0-6-0 steam locomotives.
GWR steam rail motors (Wikipedia)
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The steam rail motors (SRM) were self-propelled carriages operated by the Great Western Railway in England and Wales from 1903 to 1935.
GWR railcars (Wikipedia)
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In 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of what was to become a successful series of diesel railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s
Swindon Works (Wikipedia)
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Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
Taff Vale Railway (Wikipedia)
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From 1922 the TVR was a constituent of the new Great Western Railway (GWR) at the grouping of the railways
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Llynvi and Ogmore Railway, History, Great Western RailwayQuote, Has Part: Llynvi and Ogmore Railway, History, Great Western Railway
The GWR absorbed the L&OR ten years later on 1 July 1883
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway (Wikipedia)
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before absorption by the Great Western Railway in 1922
Ely Valley Railway (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway, Section: Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway, vestingQuote, Has Part: Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway, Section: Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway, vesting
The Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway was vested in the Great Western Railway effective from 27 August 1880, by the Great Western Railway Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. cxli) of 6 August.
Ruabon-Barmouth line (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Bala and Dolgelly Railway, History, absorptionQuote, Has Part: Bala and Dolgelly Railway, History, absorption
The Bala and Dolgelly Railway was absorbed into the GWR by the Great Western Railway Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. cx).
Marlow branch line (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Great Marlow Railway, History, construction, 1897 ActQuote, Has Part: Great Marlow Railway, History, construction, 1897 Act
the GWR acquired the remainder of the capital and ownership of the line
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