Images Dated 2016 September

The last broad gauge train leaving Paddington Station, 20th May 1892

A posed image of the last broad gauge train leaving Paddington station on 20th May 1892. The service is the 5pm to Plymouth, and the locomotive is Bulkeley (named after Captain Bulkeley, a director of the railway)

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1890s, 1892, Broad Gauge, Broad Gauge Locomotive, Bulkeley, London, Paddington, Paddington Station, Station

Felin Fach Station and Signal Box, Wales

A view of Felin Fach station in Powys, Wales, showing the station building and signal box. The station opened in May 1911 as Ystrad station, but was renamed Felin Fach in January 1913. It closed in 1951 and lost its goods traffic gradually over the next 20 years before the track was lifted in 1975

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Felin Fach, Powys, Signal Box, Station, Wales, Welsh Station, Ystrad

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee train, 1897

A view of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee train hauled by the locomotive, The Queen. The engine carried two large crests and a crown at the front. The Queen, number 3041, was an Achilles class locomotive which was originally named Emlyn in 1894. It changed its name when it hauled the royal train

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3041, Achilles, Diamond Jubilee, Queen Victoria, Royal, Royal Train, Royalty, The Queen