Gwr Steam Engine Tank Tops

Description: Two Great Western Railway Class 4575 small prairies working together in the Royal Forest of Dean. Engine 5541 is a resident engine on the Dean Forest Railway with Engine 5521 as a visiting locomotive. 5521 is painted in London Transport colours and carries the number L150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan line.

Description: The Great Western Railways roundel, or shirt button was used on Engines and rolling stock in the period between 1934 and 1942.

Description: Ex GWR Large Prairie engine 5199 spent most of its working life in the Birmingham area based at Tyseley from 1934 to 49. It is photographed here in the Forest of Dean, visiting from the Llangollen Railway. The image depicts the engine as she would have worked, pulling a local passenger service on a branch line.

Description: Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotive King Edward the Second in a design incorporating the nameplate.

Description: A black and white image of Great Western Railway engine 2857 pulling the early morning goods train through Arley station on the Severn Valley Railway early on a foggy morning. This nostalgic, almost eerie image of a goods train on a foggy morning with the station master walking up the platform has a period feel to it! 2857 was built in Swindon in 1918 and was in service until 1963. This class of engine (2800) was responsible for hauling most of the long distance heavy freight trains on the GWR / BR western region for almost 60 years!

Description: Celebrate Caerphilly Castle GWR 4073 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. Caerphilly Castle entered service in 1923 as the first GWR Castle-class locomotive. Historical details: 4-6-0; built 1923; Swindon. The artwork combines Welsh green valley, distant stone castle ruins and varied oak trees with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate Dean Goods GWR 2516 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. Dean Goods 2516 spent much of its working life on Mid-Wales branch lines. Historical details: 0-6-0; built 1897; Swindon. The artwork combines Mid-Wales rolling hills and river valley, varied trees with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate Hawksworth Pannier GWR 9400 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. No. 9400 was the first Hawksworth pannier tank built at Swindon in 1947. Historical details: 0-6-0PT; built 1947; Swindon. The artwork combines English countryside branch line, hedgerows, orchard and small stone bridge with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate King George V GWR 6000 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. King George V was the first of the Great Western Railway's King-class express locomotives. Historical details: 4-6-0; built 1927; Swindon. The artwork combines Devon-style rolling hills and a stone bridge with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate City of Truro GWR 3440 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. City of Truro was the 2,000th locomotive built at Swindon Works. No disputed speed figure is used here. Historical details: 4-4-0; built 1903; Swindon. The artwork combines green British countryside with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate Churchward Heavy Freight GWR 2818 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. No. 2818 worked heavy coal traffic in South Wales; the class also hauled the wartime Jellicoe coal trains. Historical details: 2-8-0; built 1905; Swindon. The artwork combines South Wales coal railway valley, green slopes and distant stone viaduct with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: A black and white image of Modified Hall Class 4-6-0 No. 7903 Foremarke Hall, built in March 1949 and withdrawn from British Rail service in 1964. Although this engine could be considered a GWR engine, it was built after nationalisation, hence was always a BR engine. Photographed here on a sunny autumn day on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway.

Description: A Photograph of an old Great Western Railway Track side sign stating "Stop Look Listen - Beware of Trains". This would have been located at a point where a footpath crossed the line.

Description: Great Western Railway - God's Wonderful Railway

Description: A black and white image of Great Western Prairie engine 2-6-2, number 5541 built in 1928 at Swindon and preserved on the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire. This engine had undergone a nine year restoration and returned to service on the Dean Forest Railway on the 19th April 2014. Captured here on the first weekend in May in the spring sunshine, looking as good as the day she left the Swindon works over 85 years ago!

Description: Chuffing - used to emphasize what is being said or a sound made by a steam locomotive. We all know the sound, CHUFF CHUFF, CHUFF, it's one of the best sounds, In my opinion, that man has ever created.

Description: A line drawing depicting Great Western Railway locomotive Chepstow Castle No 4077 as it would have been seen when new in 1924 with a Churchward 3500 gallon tender.