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    Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It served as the principal west England maintenance centre...
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    Outlet is housed in the renovated former works and the Brunel Shopping Centre is one of several places in Swindon that bears the name of the famous engineer...
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  • team Swindon Works, the former railway locomotive works. elsewhere Swindon Village, Gloucestershire, England Swindon, Staffordshire, England Swindon, Ontario...
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    Not to be confused with the Swindon Works. The Swindon Railway Workshop occupied part of the then closed Swindon Works. The business later moved to Lydney...
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    700 hp (2,000 kW); so when the first locomotive was outshopped from Swindon Works in December 1961, less than a year after the order was placed, the Westerns...
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    Evening Star was built at Swindon Works in 1960. Though the last to be built, it was not the last 9F numerically as Crewe Works had already completed engines...
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    Warship locomotives were divided into two batches: those built at BR's Swindon works were numbered in the series D800-D832 and D866-D870, had a maximum tractive...
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    bearings on the rear wheel. Twenty locomotives were ordered from the GWR Swindon Works in 1927 (Lot 243). The first locomotive No. 6000 King George V, appeared...
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    total number built was 251, production being shared between Swindon (53) and Crewe Works (198). The last of the class, 92220 Evening Star, was the final...
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    steam locomotive built in 1903 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design by George Jackson Churchward. It was partially rebuilt in...
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    Tyseley Locomotive Works, formerly the Birmingham Railway Museum, is the engineering arm of steam railtour promoter Vintage Trains based in Birmingham...
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    Swindon Designer Outlet is a covered designer outlet in Swindon, England. The outlet occupies most of the restored Great Western railway works and is owned...
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    Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter film series. Built in April 1937 at Swindon Works for the Great Western Railway (GWR), No. 5972 was first allocated to...
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    Collett. The first twenty examples, numbered 4301–4320, were delivered by Swindon Works between June and October 1911. These had inside steam pipes, and were...
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    substantial fortifications. However, digs around Swindon's former quarry sites and during building works have uncovered limited prehistoric finds, including...
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    steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design of Charles Collett. It was employed on long-distance express...
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    Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway...
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    locomotives were ordered in January 1963, to be built at British Railways' Swindon Works. The anticipated work for this class was trip working movements between...
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    Collett was sufficiently confident of the design to place an order with Swindon Works (Lot 224) for ten locomotives in 1923, although there was a four-month...
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    (GWR), and were introduced into traffic in 1924. After the 1923 grouping, Swindon inherited a large and variable collection of locomotives from historic...
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  • Photograph Livery Notes 4930 Hagley Hall GWR 49xx "Hall" Class 4-6-0 Swindon Works GWR Lined Green, shirtbutton crest Built in 1929.: 61  Returned to service...
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    built at Swindon Works and, being allocated to the Western Region, consequently carried the GWR-type vacuum ejector and firehole doors. The Swindon locomotives...
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    Notes 17293 Swindon Works 1943 1383 AA20 Northampton & Lamport Railway 17294 Swindon Works 1943 1383 AA20 Dean Forest Railway 17295 Swindon Works AA21 South...
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  • This is a list of all GWR Modified Hall class locomotives built at Swindon Works by the Great Western Railway and British Railways. Notes Locomotives...
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    Type 4 are diesel locomotives built by British Railways' Derby and Crewe Works between 1960 and 1962. Along with the similar Class 44 and 46 locomotives...
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    Collett for the Great Western Railway. A total of 259 were built at Swindon Works, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class...
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  • curved saddle tank. This process mostly took place during the tenure at Swindon Works of George Jackson Churchward. Only a very small number of saddle tank...
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  • December 1924 April 1959 Swindon Works Rebuilt from Saint Class 2925 4901 Adderley Hall December 1928 September 1960 Swindon Works 4902 Aldenham Hall December...
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    by Swindon Works and entered service in 1932, with a further seventy-four engines of this type following up to 1936. During this period, Swindon also...
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    Class or Saint Class, which was built by the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works, incorporated several series of 2-cylinder passenger steam locomotives...
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