Broad Gauge Gallery

Swindon Works Broad Gauge Wagon Dump, 1892

Dozens of wagons can be seen here lined up at Swindon Works waiting to be scrapped. The GWR's broad gauge came to a final end in May 1892. Hundreds of locomotives, carriages and wagons were taken out of service as standard gauge vehicles took over

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Broad Gauge, Dump, Private Owner, Sully, Swindon, Wagon

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

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