Images Dated 2012

7 King Class Locomotives at Swindon Shed, 1930

From l-r: No 6005 King George II, No 6008 King James II, No 6017 King Edward IV, No 6020 King Henry IV, No 6022 King Edward III, No 6023 King Edward II, No 6024 King Edward I

4 6 0, King, Swindon

Christmas card dating from 1953

This cartoon card was issued by the Ealing Film Studios in 1953. The sender of the card worked on the comedy railway film The Titfield Thunderbolt and sent it to an employee of the GWR, Harold Alford, who starred in the film

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

1950s, Card, Christmas, Ealing, Film, Thunderbolt, Titfield

Swindon Works and Railway Village by Edward Snell. 1849

An early watercolour painting of New Swindon by Edward Snell. Snell was head draughtsman at Swindon Works, later becoming assistant to Works Manager, Archibold Sturrock in 1846.
The image is a view to the east of New Swindon and clearly shows the rows of cottages in the Railway Village. The Works buildings can be see opposite the Village and the Station at the top of the image