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GWR_FireFly_Didcot.jpg (150196 bytes)

Great Western Railway - UK
Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway.
Replica broad gauge locomotive Fire Fly, built in 2005. The original, part of a class of 61 locomotives, was built in 1840 and withdrawn in 1870.
Didcot, 13-06-2025

Photo by Marco van Uden



GWR_IronDuke_Didcot.jpg (152036 bytes)

Great Western Railway - UK
Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway.
Replica broad gauge locomotive Iron Duke was built in 1985, for the Great Western 150 celebrations. It is owned by the National Railway Museum.
Didcot, 13-06-2025

Photo by Marco van Uden



GWR_NorthStar_Swindon.jpg (151981 bytes)

Great Western Railway - UK
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway - is located in a part of the former Swindon Works where many steam locomotives were built and maintained.
Replica of broad gauge locomotive North Star, built in 1925 in Swindon using parts of the original locomotive. The North Star hauled the first passenger train over the Great Western Railway in 1838.
Swindon, 13-06-2025

Photo by Marco van Uden



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