Swindon Works information

Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It served as the principal west England maintenance centre...

Outlet is housed in the renovated former works and the Brunel Shopping Centre is one of several places in Swindon that bears the name of the famous engineer...

Not to be confused with the Swindon Works. The Swindon Railway Workshop occupied part of the then closed Swindon Works. The business later moved to Lydney...

Evening Star was built at Swindon Works in 1960. Though the last to be built, it was not the last 9F numerically as Crewe Works had already completed engines...

Swindon Designer Outlet is a covered designer outlet in Swindon, England. The outlet occupies most of the restored Great Western railway works and is owned...

700 hp (2,000 kW); so when the first locomotive was outshopped from Swindon Works in December 1961, less than a year after the order was placed, the Westerns...

total number built was 251, production being shared between Swindon (53) and Crewe Works (198). The last of the class, 92220 Evening Star, was the final...

bearings on the rear wheel. Twenty locomotives were ordered from the GWR Swindon Works in 1927 (Lot 243). The first locomotive No. 6000 King George V, appeared...

Warship locomotives were divided into two batches: those built at BR's Swindon works were numbered in the series D800-D832 and D866-D870, had a maximum tractive...

steam locomotive built in 1903 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design by George Jackson Churchward. It was partially rebuilt in...

Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway...

Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter film series. Built in April 1937 at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway (GWR), No. 5972 was first allocated to...

steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design of Charles Collett. It was employed on long-distance express...

locomotives were ordered in January 1963, to be built at British Railways' Swindon Works. The anticipated work for this class was trip working movements between...

Tyseley Locomotive Works, formerly the Birmingham Railway Museum, is the engineering arm of steam railtour promoter Vintage Trains based in Birmingham...

December 1924 April 1959 Swindon Works Rebuilt from Saint Class 2925 4901 Adderley Hall December 1928 September 1960 Swindon Works 4902 Aldenham Hall December...

This is a list of all GWR Modified Hall class locomotives built at Swindon Works by the Great Western Railway and British Railways. Notes Locomotives...

Collett was sufficiently confident of the design to place an order with Swindon Works (Lot 224) for ten locomotives in 1923, although there was a four-month...

(GWR), and were introduced into traffic in 1924. After the 1923 grouping, Swindon inherited a large and variable collection of locomotives from historic...

Collett. The first twenty examples, numbered 4301–4320, were delivered by Swindon Works between June and October 1911. These had inside steam pipes, and were...

substantial fortifications. However, digs around Swindon's former quarry sites and during building works have uncovered limited prehistoric finds, including...

Collett for the Great Western Railway. A total of 259 were built at Swindon Works, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class...

Type 4 are diesel locomotives built by British Railways' Derby and Crewe Works between 1960 and 1962. Along with the similar Class 44 and 46 locomotives...

Photograph Livery Notes 4930 Hagley Hall GWR 49xx "Hall" Class 4-6-0 Swindon Works GWR Lined Green, shirtbutton crest Built in 1929. Returned to service...

Notes 17293 Swindon Works 1943 1383 AA20 Northampton & Lamport Railway 17294 Swindon Works 1943 1383 AA20 Dean Forest Railway 17295 Swindon Works AA21 South...

Class or Saint Class, which was built by the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works, incorporated several series of 2-cylinder passenger steam locomotives...