Broad Gauge Gallery

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

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