Employee Collection

George Jackson Churchward (1857 - 1933)
George Jackson Churchward, pictured here in 1918, was the GWRs Chief Mechanical Engineer between 1902 and 1921. He oversaw the Swindon Works modernisation and introduced the 4-6-0 locomotives

Swindon Works Hooter Operator 1936
The hooter was a set of steam whistles that called employees into work, and signalled the end of the working day. The operator sounded the hooter by turning a wheel that released steam at high

Reading Signal Works, September 1936
Construction of a locking frame

Westbourne Park Motor Depot, 1920
GWR battery powered Express Parcels lorry see here recharging

Retired staff returning to work at Didcot Station, 1917
These retired members of staff returned to work during the First World War to help out where there was a shortage of men. They are (L-R) James Stock, David Ireland and George Wilks

GWR Sailor, 1922

GWR Sailor, 1922
This sailor worked on the Royal Mail trains

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