Swindon & the GWR

Felicity Ball & Tim Bryan

ISBN 10: 0752428012 / ISBN 13: 9780752428017

Published by Tempus, Stroud, 2003

About this Item

A selection of rare and previously unpublished pictures showing many aspects of Swindon's railway works, rolling stock and workers. 128 pages. Approx 200 b/w photographs. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. Size: 23.5 Cm x 16.5 Cm.

Seller Inventory # 1661

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Swindon & the GWR
• Publisher: Tempus, Stroud
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752428012
• ISBN 13: 9780752428017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Railways

About this title

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 As well as including more rare and previously unpublished pictures, this volume also illustrates other well-known aspects of the Swindon story, including GWR locomotives, royal visits, staff outings and the famous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 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.