Broad Gauge Gallery

King George V and North Star, 1927

Replica broad gauge locomotive North Star being craned out of Swindon works above King George V in July 1927. Both locomotives are being prepared for their journey to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centenary celebrations in America

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2 2 2, Baltimore, Broad Gauge, Ohio, Swindon, Us A

No 3021 Wigmore Castle

2-2-2 broad gauge convertible. Dean Single or 3031 class. Built 1891. Converted to standard gauge 1892. Rebuilt in 1894 as a 4-2-2 following an accident in Box Tunnel in 1893

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2 2 2, 3021, 3031, Castle, Convertible, Dean, Single, Wigmore

Broad Gauge Locomotive Aries seen outside Faringdon Engine Shed, c.1865

A view of the 2-4-0 broad gauge Leo Class locomotive Aries (built in 1841) outside the engine shed at Faringdon station in Oxfordshire, c.1865. The station opened in 1864 with services running to Uffington. Passengers services continued until December 1951, with goods traffic ending in 1964

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1860s, 1865, Aries, Broad Gauge, Engine Shed, Faringdon, Leo Class, Oxfordshire, Station