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Female Stationmaster, June 1941This image features a young lady called Freda Jones. During the Second World War she was made a GWR Stationmaster at Pontdolgoch, a station in mid Wales on the Welshpool to Aberystwyth line
Anti-aircraft platform at Swindon Station c. 1940An anti-aircraft platform can be seen in this image of Swindon Station, but what is most intriguing is the very small Swindon Junction sign hanging in the centre of the platform canopy
Jackaments Bridge Halt, Gloucestershire, c. 1940sA view of Jackaments Bridge Halt near RAF Kemble on the boarder between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The small wooden platform opened in July 1939 and closed in September 1948
Wartime recruiting posters at Paddington Station, 1915Recruiting posters were a popular way of encouraging men to enlist. Millions of posters were produced and displayed up and down the country during the war
Female wartime workers, 1943This line up of women at Paddington Station shows the varied jobs female GWR employees undertook during the Second World War
Mobile emergency canteen at Paddington Station, during WWIIPaddington station in 1943 and a shot of the mobile emergency canteen, which was used to feed station staff, APR wardens
Woman pasting a billboard poster at Paddington station, 1943Woman up a ladder pasting a billboard poster at Paddington station, 1943. The poster reads Remembrance Day FM Earl Haigs Appeal. Wear a Flanders Poppy. A locomotive in steam is in the background
Women working on a locomotive boiler in Swindon Work during WW2
Toad Brake Van, c1940This 16 Ton boods brake van was built in 1889 to diagram a3. The guard can be seen in the rear of the van controlling the brake wheel
Women porters working in the left luggage office at Paddington station, during WWIIThe Left Luggage Department at Paddington Station was, during the war, manned by female staff as can be seen in this image taken in 1943
