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

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

Uffington Station, Oxfordshire, August 1959

A view of locomotive No. 90676 passing through Uffington station in Oxfordshire while transporting goods in August 1959. The image also shows Uffington signal box.
Uffington station opened in June 1864 on the Faringdon Railway and closed in December 1964

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

1950s, 1959, 90676, August, Faringdon Railway, Goods, Oxfordshire, Signal Box, Station, Summer, Uffington, Uffington Station