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Railway Britain CELEBRATING
BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (Website Est. 2008)
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 Photo: Great Western in Profile. A wonderful Great Western line up at Didcot on the 3rd May 2010 at the GWR 175th Anniversary Gala. Left to Right: 3717 City of Truro (visitor), 5051 Earl Bathurst, 5900 Hinderton Hall, 6998 Burton Agnes Hall and Heavy Goods No 3822. (Alex Naughton Collection)
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Britain website celebrating Britain's rich and diverse railway history
both past and present.
We hope that our websites will inspire and encourage you to explore further the rich transport history of our great nation.
If you have any comments about this website please feel free to contact me, Alex Naughton, via e-mail at:
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GWR Churchward "City" class 4-4-0 No 3440 / 3717 City of Truro (Built 1903 at Swindon Works)  Photo: GWR "City" class 4-4-0 No 3717 City of Truro rests between duties at the GWR 175 Gala at Didcot on the 1st May 2010 in gorgeous sunny weather. She is the sole surviving GWR "City" class and was built in 1903. She famously was reputed to have reached 102.3 mph on the 9th May 1904 whilst hauling an Ocean Mails special from Plymouth to London Paddington. She became an iconic locomotive from that day onwards. In 1912 she was renumbered as 3717 and carried a less ornate lined green livery. She was withdrawn from service in 1931 and was donated to the LNER for preservation in their York Railway Museum. In 1957 she was returned to service by British Railways but was withdrawn for a second time in 1961. She was then displayed at the old GWR Museum in Swindon from 1962 as 3717. In 1984 she was restored to operational condition once again for the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985. She then became resident at the National Railway Museum in York and was regularly used on mainline specials. She was most recently overhauled again in 2004 and is a regular performer on heritage railways and occasionally on mainline specials. In 2010 as part of the GWR 175 celebrations, City of Truro was repainted and took up its more authentic 3717 guise once again which it carried from 1912. (Alex Naughton Collection) GWR Churchward "Star" class 4-6-0 No 4003 Lode Star (Built 1907 at Swindon Works)  Photo: GWR "Star" class 4-6-0 No 4003 Lode Star on display at the Tyseley Open Day on the 24th Oct 2010 in gorgeous sunny weather. She retains her original Swindon Works applied paintwork. She is the sole surviving GWR "Star" class (forerunner of the famous "Castle" and "King" classes) and was built in 1907. She was withdrawn from service in 1951 and taken to Swindon Works where she was stored in the Stock Shed before being immaculately restored at the works for preservation. After restoration she was displayed in the old GWR Museum at Swindon from 1962 and in 1992 was moved to the National Railway Museum in York where she was displayed in the Great Hall. In 2010 she is being moved from York to the STEAM Museum in Swindon where she will replace 92220 Evening Star which is returning to York. As part of the move from York to Swindon she stopped off at Tyseley and the opportunity was taken to display her at the Tyseley Open Day. This was an exceptionally rare public appearance outside as she has mostly been displayed indoors almost continuously for over 50 years since she was withdrawn from service apart from brief occasions when being relocated from one site to another. (Alex Naughton Collection)
London
2012 Olympic Games
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games  Photo: A fantastic line up of the Great Western's finest at Didcot on the 3rd May 2010 at the GWR 175th Anniversary Gala. Left to Right: 7808 Cookham Manor, 3717 City of Truro (visitor), 5051 Earl Bathurst, 5900 Hinderton Hall, 6998 Burton Agnes Hall and Heavy Goods 3822. (Alex Naughton Collection) 
Photo: An impressive line up at Crewe Works on the 11th September 2005 - One Duke, Two Duchesses and Two Princesses. Left to Right: 71000 Duke of Gloucester, 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, 46229 Duchess of Hamilton, 46203 Princess Margaret Rose and 6201 Princess Elizabeth (Alex Naughton Collection)  Photo: The pride of the LNER is lined up at the National Railway Museum York on the 5th July 2008 for the A4 Great Reunion. Left to Right: 60009 Union of South Africa, 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, 60019 Bittern and 4468 Mallard. (Alex Naughton Collection)  Photo: The Southern Railway's finest is lined up at Eastleigh Works 100 on the 23rd May 2009. Left to Right: 35005 Canadian Pacific, 34070 Manston and 34028 Eddystone. (Alex Naughton Collection) |
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