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91 cm × 121.8 cm (36 in × 48.0 in) Location. National Gallery, London. Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th-century British painter J. M. W. Turner. [1] The painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier. [i] It is now in the collection of the ...
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841.
Sonning Cutting is on the original Great Western Railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. [1] It is to the east of Reading station and to the west of Twyford station near the village of Sonning in Berkshire, England. Originally planned to route around the north of Sonning Hill past the village, the railway instead bypasses the village due to ...
GWR 6000 Class. Water cap. Three preserved, remainder scrapped. The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927. They were the largest locomotives built by the GWR, apart from the unique Pacific (The Great Bear).
Railway village. Preserved housing, originally built for the railway workers. The Works transformed Swindon from a small 2,500-population market town into a bustling railway town. Built to the north of the main town centre, the works had need for locally accessible housing and services for the workers.
Old Oak Common. Old Oak Common is a semi-industrial area of London, between Harlesden and Acton. [1][2] The area is traditionally known for its railway depots, particularly Old Oak Common TMD which was decommissioned in 2021. [3] Together with neighbouring Park Royal, the area is intended to become the UK's largest regeneration scheme.
Enthusiastic ex-railway workers are on hand, to give a personal insight into many of the exhibits. There is a series of reconstructions of areas of work, such as office, stores, workshop, signal box and foundry. The museum holds an extensive archive of books, periodicals, photographs, drawings and plans, relating to the Great Western Railway.
As the weather cools, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California's expanse of evergreens, including Douglas fir and Western hemlock, are punctuated by broad-leaved maple, poplar, and alder trees ...