Images Dated

No 7 Shop, Carriage Finishing Shop, 1924

Dozens of men can be seen here in the carriage finishing shop. It was here that parts of the carriages were finished off. Doors, windows and decorative parts were completed here and used to finish off the carriage building process

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1920s, 1924, Carriage Building, Carriage Works, Finishers, No 7 Shop, Swindon, Swindon Works, Wood

Platform 6 and 7 at Paddington Station, 1979

A view of passengers alighting British Rail Inter-City 125s at Platforms 6 and 7 at Paddington Station in London in 1979. The overall roof of the train shed is visible and British Rail luggage trolleys are available on the platform

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1970s, 1979, British Rail, Hst, Inter City, Overall Roof, Paddington, Passengers, Platform, Platform 6, Platform 7, Roof, Station

Swindon Town Station

Swindon Town Station was on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway in Swindon's Old Town area. The impressive main offices of the railway company can be seen in the centre of this image. The station was in operation for only 85 years after facing increasing competition from the town's GWR station and as the focus of the town moved away from the Old Town area to Swindon's new town which had developed around the GWR station and railway works.
The station opened in 1881 and closed to passengers in 1961

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