Swindon and the GWR - Softcover

Ball, Felicity; Bryan, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752428012 ISBN 13: 9780752428017

Publisher: The History Press, 2003

Synopsis

In Tim Bryan's Great Western Swindon the reader was taken on a tour of both inside and outside the GWR workshops at Swindon, which dominated the history of a town for almost 150 years. Since its publication, the collection from which the images were drawn has been moved to the new STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway, which opened in 2000. Swindon & the GWR includes a further selection of evocative photographs from the museum's collection, featuring the men and women who worked at Swindon as well as a glimpse of life beyond the walls of the factory. As well as including more rare and previously unpublished pictures, this volume also illustrates other well-known aspects of the Swindon story, including GWR locomotives, royal visits, staff outings and the famous 'Trip' holiday.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Bryan spent twenty-one years working as curator at the GWR and STEAM museums in Swindon and is now Head of Collections at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon. He is the author of more than fifteen books, and many articles on railway and heritage topics.

Edition details

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752428012
• ISBN 13: 9780752428017
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128