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Swindon Works Weighbridge, 1950Internal view showing the large Pooley scales
D Shop Mess Room
Swindon Works Map, c. 1940sSwindon Works Map, c.1940s, showing the growth of the GWR Works in Swindon between 1846 and the 1940s. The sheer volume of workshops and sidings can be seen in fascinating detail
7 King Class Locomotives at Swindon Shed, 1930From l-r: No 6005 King George II, No 6008 King James II, No 6017 King Edward IV, No 6020 King Henry IV, No 6022 King Edward III, No 6023 King Edward II, No 6024 King Edward I
Swindon Works, 1908View of Swindon Works looking towards the turntable and Erecting Shop
Plan of New Carriage Shop, Swindon Works, 1931A traced perspective plan of new carriage shop at Swindon Works, drawn in 1931. The plan shows a number of sheds and sidings
Detail of broad gauge locomotive and carriages at Swindon, 1849Taken from a painting by Edward Snell. Edward Snell worked at Swindon Works in the late 1840s
The Old Running Shed, Swindon Works, c1910Seen here before its demolition to make way for the B Shed extension in the 1930s. It was built in 1941 and formed part of Brunels original Works
Swindon Works Tunnel Entrance, 1935A sea of men can be seen leaving the Works, probably at lunchtime. This was the main entrance tunnel for the Works. The doors were promptly closed after each call for work
Men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, 1928Hoards of men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, 1928. The pattern shop is in the background and an omnibus with Arkells advertising on it
New Swindon, 1847Lithograph of New Swindon in 1847 with broad gauge locomotive, Fire Brand, in foreground. Swindon Works can be seen to the right on the image, with the Railway Village to the left
GWR Works Home Guard passing out parade, December 1944
Swindon Works Timber Yard, 1928The Timber Yard stored thousands of planks of wood. Some stacks were the height of three men! The Carriage and Wagon Works was the biggest user of the wood
Swindon Works and Railway Village by Edward Snell. 1849An early watercolour painting of New Swindon by Edward Snell. Snell was head draughtsman at Swindon Works, later becoming assistant to Works Manager, Archibold Sturrock in 1846
The Broad Gauge dump at Swindon in c1892The sorry sight of disused broad gauge locomotives at the broad gauge dump in Swindon c1892 following the abandonment of Brunels Broad Gauge
View of Swindon Works, 1982A view of Swindon Works in 1982 with an Intercity 125 speeding past on the main London to Bristol line. The building it is passing is now STEAM - Museum of the GWR
View of the south side of A Shop, c1914
New Swindon, c1860This early view of Swindon looking north shows the Works and the Railway Village in their infancy. St Marks Church can clearly be seen just behind the newly laid out park
View of Swindon Works, c1930sThis photograph was taken from the Pattern Store building and shows tehe Works turntable and A Shop in the background
View of Swindon Works, c1860This early photograph of the Works was taken from St Marks Church and shows R Shop (Machine Shop). Hundreds of wheels can be seen stored outside ready to be fitted to vehicles
Men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, c. 1910Men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, c.1910
Swindon Works Broad Gauge Wagon Dump, 1892
Internal view of B Shed, c1990sThis building stood between what is now STEAM Museum of the GWR and English Heritage NMRC. It is now the site of a residential development
View of Swindon Works, c1980sThis photograph was taken from St Marks Church and shows J Shop (Iron Foundry) to the left and R Shop in the centre. R Shop is now houses STEAM Museum of the GWR
A Shop, 1925External view of A Shop shortly after its completion
