GWR road motor services information

Western Railway road motor services operated from 1903 to 1933 by the Great Western Railway, both as a feeder to their train services, and as a cheaper...

Most of the rail motors were built at Swindon Works, but 14 (GWR Nos. 15, 16, and 61–72) were built by Kerr, Stuart and Company, and 8 (GWR Nos. 73–80) were...

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converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. On 11 July 1904, GWR road motor services started running from here to Torquay, in competition with recently...

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...

railway-operated bus service, the GWR road motor services meeting trains at the station and carrying passengers on towards The Lizard. In 1928 the service ran from...

required, however, virtually all services have a guard on board, one exception being the Oxford and Bedwyn services operated by GWR, where drivers use the in-cab...

storage and were even used as a garage for the buses used on the GWR road motor services. The CR line passed over three of the many Cornwall Railway viaducts...

period that the GWR introduced road motor services as an alternative to building new lines in rural areas, and started using steam rail motors to bring cheaper...

between Mansion House and West Brompton and H&CR and GWR suburban services between Edgware Road and Moorgate Street. The permissions for the railway east...

both before and after their takeover by Bachmann. GWR petrol-electric railcar GWR steam rail motors GNR(I) AEC Class railcars ČSD Class M 290.0 Judge...

Western Railway (GWR) express passenger locomotives. The Star class was designed to take the top express trains on the GWR, with 61 in service by 1914, but...

the AD&N operated the services until 1 January 1899 when the GWR agreed to take over through services. Local passenger services were started in April...

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clerestory roof but elliptical roofs were fitted to the GWR steam rail motors in 1903. The GWR always had an in-built loading gauge advantage over the...

The GWR autocoach (or auto-trailer) is a type of coach that was used by the Great Western Railway for push-pull trains powered by a steam locomotive....

of the company. The few GWR bus services in the area were transferred to Midland Red. Midland Red started express coach services in 1921 with routes to...

and the GWR. Although the GWR had access to Southampton Docks via a circuitous route, the company decided to instead focus on developing services from Plymouth...

railways themselves operated bus routes, the first in the country being a GWR service from Helston railway station to The Lizard in 1903. During the 1960s...

railway in Cornwall, England. The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened a branch line from Bodmin Road to Bodmin General in 1887 and this was extended in 1888...

Telegraph Message Code book unless stated otherwise. The Great Western Railway (GWR) pioneered telegraph communication over the 13 miles (21 km) from Paddington...

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4500 Class or Small Prairie is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives. They were designed as small mixed traffic locomotives...

The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's...

worked by the GWR diesel railcars. Following the Second World War, carryings on the line declined further as road passenger and goods services improved, and...

Railway (GWR) secured its patrons for a far more direct route to Bristol, particularly influential landowners in Berkshire and Wiltshire. The GWR received...

latterly supplied from the Jeremy Hosking-backed Locomotive Services Ltd. Motive power has included: GWR 6000 Class 6024 King Edward I; LNER Class A4 60009 Union...

The GWR 813 Preservation Fund is an organisation that was founded in 1966 to acquire, restore and preserve Port Talbot Railway No. 26 (GWR 813). It is...

renamed the following year. The Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Western Railway (GWR), was opened on 30 August 1906, but at...