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Great Western Railway (GWR) Gauge conversion. This interesting article includes a brief history of the rationale behind the broad gauge and its planned, impending demise on Saturday 21st May, 1892. Includes a map of the GWR lines.
"THE CONVERSION OF GAUGE ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY".
"At midnight on Saturday, the 21st inst.,[1892] the entire sectton of the Great Western Railway from Exeter to Falmouth, a. distance of 113 ·miles, will be closed for traffic, and h..
In 1910 "The Engineer" published an extensive supplement devoted to the Great Western Railway (GWR). There are numerous illustrations of the engines, rolling stock and architectural features of the line. This document focuses on the broad gauge era. It contains lists of locomotives and their classes.
A "must have" for GWR enthusiasts. This document is broken down into sections to reduce server load.
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
THE total length of the Great Western Railway permane..
"The Great Western Railway and Its Personnel
By H . HOLCROFT
PART 1
The scheme for a railway from London to Bristol received assent 125 years ago [in 1835]. In the article which follows the author deals with the broad gauge period of the Great Western Railway and the later acquisition of slandard gauge lines which made it necessary to introduce a mixed gauge. The years from 1863 to 1892 saw the spread of standard gauge to all parts of the system, and the first step lowards the P..
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