A drawing of a Great Western Railway small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5541 in GWR livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire.

A colour artwork of British Railways Great Western Railway small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5572 in GWR livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre.

A colour artwork of British Railways Great Western Railway small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5553 in GWR livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5553 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5553 in BR black livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5552 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Bodmin and Wenford railway.

A colour artwork of GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5542 in Great Western Railway livery with "shirtbutton" logo . This locomotive is preserved at the South Devon Railway.

A colour artwork of Great Western Railway small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5541 in GWR green livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Dean Forest Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5541 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at the Dean Forest Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5539 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is under restoration at the Barry Tourist Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5538 in BR black livery. This locomotive is under restoration at the Flour Mill, Dean Forest Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5532 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is under restoration at the Llangollen Railway.

A colour artwork of GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5526 in Great Western Railway livery. This locomotive is preserved at the South Devon Railway.

A colour artwork of GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5521 in Great Western Railway livery. This locomotive is preserved at Epping Ongar Railway.

A colour artwork of Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 5521 as London Transport L150. This locomotive is preserved at Epping Ongar Railway.

A colour artwork of British Railways Ex-GWR small prairie tank locomotive class 4575, depicting number 4588 in BR lined green livery. This locomotive is preserved at Peak Rail, Derbyshire.

Stoked - excited or euphoric. Also the Fireman or Stoker on a steam engine will stoke the fire - To stoke is to poke a fire and fuel it so that it burns higher.

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.

A drawing of a steam train coming straight at you!

For the train lover who loves playing with trains!

For the train lover who loves playing with trains!

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.

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.

Great Western Railway - God's Wonderful Railway

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.

A line drawing depicting Great Western Railway locomotive Caldicot Castle No 4074 as it would have been seen when new in 1924 with a Churchward 3500 gallon tender.

A line drawing depicting Great Western Railway locomotive Pendennis Castle No 4079 as preserved with a Collett 4000 gallon tender.

A colour artwork depicting A4 Steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley LNER number 4498 as it returned to service in 2022 with a wartime black livery.

A colour artwork depicting A4 Steam locomotive Union of South Africa BR number 60009 in BR green as it ran in preservation. In May 2022 was placed on static display at the Bury Transport Museum.

A colour artwork depicting a collection of Sir Nigel Gresley designed record breakers. Flying Scotsman, the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH in 1934. Papyrus, 105 MPH March 1935, Silver Link, 112 MPH in September 1935. Mallard is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph in 1938. Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph in 1959 and Bittern set a British Preserved speed record of 92.8 MPH in June 2013.

A colour artwork depicting the steam locomotive Papyrus, the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 105 MPH on 5th March 1935.This is the classic image of an LNER A3 Class locomotive. From 1928 to 1936 some A1 and A3 class locomotives had a corridor tender giving the crew access to the locomotive from the train as pictured here on Papyrus. This enabled it to travel from London to Edinburgh in eight hours changing the crew without stopping.

A colour artwork depicting Bittern LNER number 4464, the holder of the British Preserved speed record for a steam locomotive at 92.8 mph achieved on 29th June 2013. This was acheived near Arlesey, Bedfordshire on the first of its planned "high speed" runs, "The Ebor Streak" that ran from London King's Cross to York.

A collection of Sir Nigel Gresley designed record breakers. Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH in 1934. Silver Link LNER number 2509 the first steam locomotive to record 112 MPH in 1935. Mallard LNER number 4468 is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph in 1938 and 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph in 1959.

Mallard LNER number 4468 is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph achieved on 3 July 1938, recorded on a downward gradient between Little Bytham and Essendine near Grantham on the East Cost Main Line. Mallard was just four months old when it set the record ie broken-in to run freely, but not overly worn.

On the 27th September 1935, a trial run of the new LNER streamlined express "The Silver Jubilee" was hauled by LNER number 2509 Silver Link, setting at the time, a new speed record of 112 MPH. Silver Link was one of four A4s built to work the Silver Jubilee between London King's Cross and Newcastle. The other 3 being 2510 Quicksilver, 2511 Silver King and 2512 Silver Fox all painted in a Silver and Grey Livery.

Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH on the 30th November 1934 on a special test run. Unofficially the GWR locomotive 3440 City of Truro was timed at running in excess of 100 mph during a run from Plymouth to London in 1904.