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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. British Rail diesel locomotive D9515 "Teddy Bear" was built in 1964 by British Rail itself in Swindon for yard shunting and short distance freight trains. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. British Rail diesel locomotive 18000 is a prototype gas turbine electric locomotive, built in 1946 in Switzerland. It was in daily use until December 1960. It went back to Switzerland but brought to Didcot once again in 2011. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. British Rail diesel locomotive 31 270 "Athena". Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Great Western Railway - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Diesel railcar number 22 was built in 1940 in Swindon and started operating from Newport. After being withdrawn in 1967 it came to Didcot in 1978. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Former British Rail shunter 08 604 is one of the operational locomotives that shunts stock around the museum site. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Diesel locomotive DL26 was built by Hunslet in 1957 for shunting duties in carriage depots. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Didcot Railway Centre - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Carriage shed with diesel motor cars, and a traverser operated by a small motor car (I've never seen this before). Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Didcot Railway Centre - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. The coal stage is used to load coal from narrow gauge cars (top left) into steam locomotives (right). Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Didcot Railway Centre - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. The main engine shed houses many steam locomotives, some of them operational. In front of the shed is a water crane. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Didcot Railway Centre - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Entrance to the park, that has different buildings and even two short railway lines where museum trains can operate. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Didcot Railway Centre - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Old signalling table of Bristol East in the Signalling Centre. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Didcot Railway Centre - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Old signalling table of Didcot in the Signalling Centre. It was moved here when the signalling at Didcot was modernised. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Didcot Railway Centre - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Beautiful signalbox Frome Mineral Junction, in actual use when museum trains operate on the museum line (using tokens). Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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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

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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

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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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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. The "Flying Scotsman" is officially steam locomotive number 60103 built for LNER in 1923 as class A3. The owner is the National Railway Museum but the operational locomotive can make appearances all over the UK. Between mainline duties it takes a rest in Didcot. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. The "Flying Scotsman" is officially steam locomotive number 60103 built for LNER in 1923 as class A3. The owner is the National Railway Museum but the operational locomotive can make appearances all over the UK. Between mainline duties it takes a rest in Didcot. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Great Western Railway - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Steam railmotor number 93 was built in Swindon in 1908 and operated from many depots in southwestern England. It was rebuilt into a trailer in 1934 but it was completely restored in Didcot in 2011. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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British Rail - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Giant 50 ton steam breakdown crane nr. RS 1054 built in 1930 for LMS, currently under restauration. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Great Western Railway - UK Didcot Railway Centre is the living museum of the Great Western Railway. Overview of the carriage shed at Didcot with many 2-, 3- and 4-axle coaches of the Great Western Railway. Didcot, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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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. Interior of a buffet car, built in Swindon in 1934. Swindon, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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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. Display with tools of the former foundry in the workshop of Swindon Works. Swindon, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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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. Entrance of the museum in part of the former Swindon Works. Swindon, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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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. Display of the kettle workshop of Swindon Works. Swindon, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden