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After switching to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), the GWR had extra space in which it could design and deploy larger-scale rolling stock on former broad gauge lines such as from London to Plymouth and Penzance.. The first carriage stock to take advantage of both advantages were the 1904 Dreadnought stock, with: [2]
Until 2017, GWR operated the vast majority of its long-distance services with a fleet of 58 InterCity 125 High Speed Train sets, [78] each consisting of eight Mark 3 coaches sandwiched between two Class 43 locomotives. GWR operated the largest InterCity 125 fleet, owning five sets outright; the rest were leased from Angel Trains and Porterbrook.
GWR Open 1937 GWR diagram O32 five-plank wagon. [114] 137696 GWR Open 1938 Five-plank wagon. [115] 139760 GWR Van 1939 'Mink A' van to GWR diagram V23. [116] 404103 LMS: Open 1936 LMSR diagram D1892 five-plank wagon. [117] 602206 BR Bogie Flat 1967 Freightliner container flat wagon, BR diagram 1/086. Support wagon for locomotive 6024 King ...
Pages in category "Great Western Railway coaching stock" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Image Number Company Type Built Notes 2 Monmouth: Composite 1848 Four-wheel composite built by Smith Wylie for the Monmouth Railway and numbered 2. Later GWR 484. Withdrawn in 1890 and now mounted on an old wagon chassis. [40] 225 GWR Autocoach: 1951 [41] 228 GWR Autocoach: 1951 [41] 233 GWR Autocoach: 1951 [42] 249 GWR Saloon 1894
6 Rolling stock formerly part of the National Collection. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Image GWR: 4073 Caerphilly Castle: 4073 Class ("Castle") ...
A GWR seat at Yatton The pedestrian crossing at Cockwood Steps, on the South Devon Main Line, retains a gate with GWR spear-type railings. The GWR's memory is kept alive by several museums such as STEAM – the museum of the GWR (in the old Swindon railway works), and the Didcot Railway Centre, where there is an operating broad-gauge train.