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Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

British Railways china clay wagon

1955

Steam locomotive, named Lode Star, Great Western Railway

1907

Milk van, Great Western Railway

1936

Great Western Railway Mogo

1935

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, Western Fusilier

1963

Steam locomotive 'Dean Goods', Great Western Railway

1897

Great Western Railway steam locomotive 'King George V' 4-6-0 King class, No 6000, 1927

1927

Hawkesworth 'Pannier tank' No. 9400, Great Western Railway

1947

'City of Truro' Steam locomotive

1903
Model railway carriage body, approx. 1:24 scale, wooden painting style scheme for BR MkI carriages, 'blood and custard' style, ex Swindon Works.

Wooden model railway carriage body, British Railways - ex Swindon Works

Model diesel-hydraulic locomotive, approx. 1:24 scale wooden styling model for D9500 locomoive, ex Swindon Works.

Model diesel-hydraulic locomotive, British Railways - ex Swindon Works

Filmed in 1961 at Swindon railway works. Footage of several Great Western Railway steam locomotives, close-up shots of locomotive parts and shunting operations, including, No. 3440 'City of Truro', driver and fireman, oiling engine, No. 2516, No. 4003 'Lode Star', manual operation of the turntable by two or one staff, cleaning and polishing locomotive. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Swindon Engines'

1961
Great Western Railway Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department, Swindon, internal circulars,. nos. 5520-5923, January 1934-April 1939. 1 volume. Also includes some loose papers.

Great Western Railway Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department, Swindon, internal circulars

1934-1939
6 Ton Shunting Truck, No TDW94988, Great Western Railway, built Swindon, 1914.

Shunting truck, Great Western Railway

1914
Locomotive Works plate, GWR, "Great Western Railway No. 1928 of February 1902, ex William Dean", oval, 4-6-0 Saint 2900 Class, renumbered 100 June 1902, renamed "William Dean" November 1902, renumbered to 2900 (no date), withdrawn June 1932.

Locomotive Worksplate

1902
Rail profile, standard, end, for Great Western Railway 00 section bull-head rail, No.486 with GWR agency mark, probably from Swindon mills, October 1899

standard rail profile

1899
Colour print: Swindon Pride. Three locomotives outside Swindon Shed, Windsor Castle, King Edward 1 and one other, by David Weston, 1989, printed by Lazy Ave Fine Art Publications./James Haworth Ltd.

Swindon Pride

1989
Papers of William Dean, Locomotive Superintendent, Swindon, Great Western Railway, concerning changes to the hours and wages of enginemen and firemen, 1879-1884, 1 file.

Papers of William Dean

1879-1884
Set of railway wagons, Great Western Railway, girder wagon set, consisting of four six-wheel vehicles, Pollen E, No DW84997, DW84998, DW84999, DW85000, to carry 60 tons in total, built Swindon, 1909

Great Western Railway girder wagon set

1909