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The Great Western Railway's ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. [1] Powers were granted by Act of Parliament for the Great Western Railway (GWR) to operate ships in 1871. The following year the company took over the ships operated by Ford and Jackson on the route ...
Pages in category "Ships of the Great Western Railway" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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.
The Great Western Steam Ship in 1838, engraved by H. Papprill after a painting by J. S. Coteman. The first trial of the Great Western took place on 24 March 1838, attracting a vast audience with visits by the nobility on the ship's return. [11] On 31 March, Great Western sailed for Avonmouth (Bristol) to start her maiden voyage to New York ...
Great Western Holdings, a company formed in 1994 to bid (successfully) for the Great Western franchise; Great Western was the name of several locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway, from different classes: Iron Duke class; Rover class; 3031 Achilles or Dean Single class; 4073 Castle class
TSS Sir Richard Grenville was built by Cammell Laird and launched in 1891. She left the Mersey on 30 April 1891. [2] She was intended as a tender to meet the large mail steamers frequenting Plymouth, and also as an excursion steamer along the coast.
Great Western Railway GP-9 #296, built 1954, retired 2003. Now being restored at Heber Valley Railroad . The Great Western Railway of Colorado ( reporting mark GWR ) operates about 80 miles (129 km) of track in Colorado and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad as well as the BNSF Railway .
Built in 1925 by John Brown & Company for the Great Western Railway. Converted in 1939 to a hospital ship and renamed Hospital Ship No.29. Participated in Operation Dynamo. Returned to Great Western Railway in 1946 and renamed St Julien. Acquired by British Railways in 1948. Served until 1960 then sold in 1961 to Belgian shipbreakers.