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George Jackson Churchward (1857 - 1933)

George Jackson Churchward, pictured here in 1918, was the GWR's Chief Mechanical Engineer between 1902 and 1921. He oversaw the Swindon Works modernisation and introduced the 4-6-0 locomotives, the blueprint for some the GWR's most iconic express engines. He died in Swindon in 1933 after being struck by a train as he was crossing the railway tracks between his home and the Works

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Chalford Station, Gloucestershire, 1964

A view from Chalford Station in Gloucestershire, looking east. Taken in April 1964, the image shows a railmotor and the signal box which remained in use until 1965.
Chalford station opened in August 1897 and closed in November 1964

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1960s, 1964, Chalford, Chalford Station, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Signal Box, Station

No.9674 Composite Restaurant Carriage

This official elevation image shows composite diner carriage no.9674, with the first and third class saloons at opposite ends of the carriage. It was built in 1938 to diagram H57, and includes the GWR roundel in its livery

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1930s, 1938, 9674, Carriage, Composite Diner, Composite Restaurant, Diagram H57, H57, Restaurant Car