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 from Newport Superintendents Office, 1937

The GWR's Superintendent's Office in Newport was the sender of this card in celebration of Christmas 1937 and the New Year of 1938. Despite being fairly plain, the card has a nice example of the GWR Coat of Arms in the top left corner

Card, Christmas, Newport, Superintendent

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