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Wikipedia: The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838. It was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who chose a broad gauge of 7 ft 0⁄4 in (2,140 mm) but, from 1854, a series of amalgamations saw it also operate 4 ft 8⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard-gauge trains; the last broad-gauge services were operated in 1892.
![[4038 Queen Berengaria running near Acton with the London]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWR_4038_on_Cornish_Riviera_Express_s.jpg "4038 Queen Berengaria running near Acton with the London")
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![[A display commemorating Daniel Gooch at the National Railway Museum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/National_Railway_Museum_Daniel_Gooch_Fire_Fly_model_s.jpg "A display commemorating Daniel Gooch at the National Railway Museum")
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 from Geof Sheppard |
![[A Hawksworth brake composite preserved on the South Devon Railway shows the familiar "chocolate and cream" livery...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWR_coach_E164_BCK_7377_s.jpg "A Hawksworth brake composite preserved on the South Devon Railway shows the familiar \"chocolate and cream\" livery...")
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![[The nameplate on First Great Western power car 43185]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/43185_Nameplate_s.jpg "The nameplate on First Great Western power car 43185")
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![[''[[GWR 3440 City of Truro]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWR_3440_City_of_Truro_geograph_org_uk_1479746_s.jpg "''[[GWR 3440 City of Truro")
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![[Map of the system circa 1930]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWR_map_s.jpg "Map of the system circa 1930")
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![[A GWR goods van in the grey livery used from about 1904]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWR_wagon_G31_MOGO_126359_s.jpg "A GWR goods van in the grey livery used from about 1904")
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![[Baulk road track]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Baulk_road_crossing_s.jpg "Baulk road track")
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from Geof Sheppard |
![[''[[GWR Iron Duke Class]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Iron_Duke_tender_painting_detail_s.jpg "''[[GWR Iron Duke Class")
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![[The GWR Cheltenham Flyer book was written to encourage 'boys of all ages' to take an interest in the railway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWR_book_Cheltenham_Flyer_1932_s.jpg "The GWR Cheltenham Flyer book was written to encourage 'boys of all ages' to take an interest in the railway")
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from Geof Sheppard |
![[A 1934 Great Western Railway brochure]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GWR_book_Camp_Coach_Holidays_s.jpg "A 1934 Great Western Railway brochure")
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![[Disc and crossbar signal]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Didcot_disc_and_crossbar_signal_s.jpg "Disc and crossbar signal")
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from Geof Sheppard |
from Geof Sheppard |
![[A broad-gauge train on mixed-gauge track]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Baulk_road_point_with_side_step_s.jpg "A broad-gauge train on mixed-gauge track")
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