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1. 314 relations: Act of parliament, Airplane, Alfred Baldwin (politician), Archaeology, Archibald Sturrock, Avon Bridge, Barmouth Bridge, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Bath Spa railway station, Baulk road, Berks and Hants Railway, Birkenhead Woodside railway station, Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, Birmingham Snow Hill railway station, Boat train, Bob Godfrey, Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway, Bogie, Box Tunnel, Brake van, Branch line, Break of gauge, Bristol, Bristol and Exeter Railway, Bristol and Gloucester Railway, Bristol and South Wales Union Railway, Bristol Channel, Bristol Temple Meads railway station, British Rail, British Rail Class 43 (HST), British Rail Class 47, Broad-gauge railway, Cambrian Railways, Camping coach, Cardiff, Cardiff Central railway station, Challow railway station, Channel Islands, Charles Collett, Charles Jocelyn Hambro, Charles Spagnoletti, Cheap Trains Act 1883, Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, Cheltenham Spa Express, Cheltenham Spa railway station, Chepstow Railway Bridge, Chief mechanical engineer, Chiltern Railways, Cirencester Town railway station, Clevedon branch line, ... Expand index (264 more) » « Shrink index

2. 1833 establishments in England
3. 1948 disestablishments in England
4. 7 ft gauge railways
5. Big four British railway companies
6. British companies disestablished in 1948
7. British companies established in 1833
8. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
9. Railway companies disestablished in 1948
10. Railway companies established in 1833
11. Railway lines opened in 1838
12. Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Airplane

An airplane (North American English) or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine.

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Alfred Baldwin (politician)

Alfred Baldwin (4 June 1841 – 13 February 1908) was an English businessman and Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP).

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Archibald Sturrock

Archibald Sturrock (30 September 1816 – 1 January 1909) was a Scottish mechanical engineer who was born at Petruchie, Angus, Scotland.

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Avon Bridge

The Avon Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Avon in Brislington, Bristol, England.

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Barmouth Bridge

Barmouth Bridge (Welsh: Pont Abermaw), or Barmouth Viaduct is a Grade II* listed single-track wooden railway viaduct across the estuary of the River Mawddach near Barmouth, Wales.

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Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Barry (Y Barri) is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Bath Spa railway station

Bath Spa railway station is the principal station serving the city of Bath in Somerset, England.

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Baulk road

Baulk road is the name given to a type of railway track or 'rail road' that is formed using rails carried on continuous timber bearings, as opposed to the more familiar 'cross-sleeper' track that uses closely spaced sleepers or ties to give intermittent support to stronger rails. Great Western Railway and Baulk road are works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Berks and Hants Railway

The Berks and Hants Railway comprised two railway lines built simultaneously by the Great Western Railway (GWR) south and west from in an attempt to keep the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) out of the area that it considered to be its territory in England. Great Western Railway and Berks and Hants Railway are 7 ft gauge railways.

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Birkenhead Woodside railway station

Birkenhead Woodside was a railway station located at Woodside, in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire.

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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway

The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (B&GR) was the first name of the railway linking the cities in its name and of the company which pioneered and developed it; the line opened in stages in 1840, using a terminus at Camp Hill in Birmingham.

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Birmingham Snow Hill railway station

Birmingham Snow Hill, also known as Snow Hill station, is a railway station in Birmingham City Centre.

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Boat train

A boat train is a passenger train operating to a port for the specific purpose of making connection with a passenger ship, such as a ferry, ocean liner, or cruise ship.

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Bob Godfrey

Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013),, BBC News, 22 February 2013 known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years.

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Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway

The Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway was a railway line opened in 1834 in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Great Western Railway and Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies and standard gauge railways in England.

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Bogie

A bogie (or truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.

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Box Tunnel

Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham. Great Western Railway and Box Tunnel are works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Brake van

Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard.

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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Break of gauge

With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run on those rails) meets a line of a different gauge.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Bristol and Exeter Railway

The Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. Great Western Railway and Bristol and Exeter Railway are 7 ft gauge railways, pre-grouping British railway companies and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Bristol and Gloucester Railway

The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a railway company opened in 1844 to run services between Bristol and Gloucester. Great Western Railway and Bristol and Gloucester Railway are 7 ft gauge railways.

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Bristol and South Wales Union Railway

The Bristol and South Wales Union Railway was built to connect Bristol, England, with south Wales. Great Western Railway and Bristol and South Wales Union Railway are 7 ft gauge railways, standard gauge railways in England and standard gauge railways in Wales.

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Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren, literal translation: "Severn Sea") is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales (from Pembrokeshire to the Vale of Glamorgan) and South West England (from Devon, Somerset to North Somerset).

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Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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British Rail Class 43 (HST)

The British Rail Class 43 (HST) is the TOPS classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train (formerly Classes 253 and 254) diesel-electric power cars, built by British Rail Engineering Limited from 1975 to 1982, and in service in the UK since 1976.

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British Rail Class 47

The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.

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Cambrian Railways

The Cambrian Railways owned of track over a large area of mid Wales. Great Western Railway and Cambrian Railways are pre-grouping British railway companies and standard gauge railways in Wales.

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Camping coach

Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central (Caerdydd Canolog) is a major station on the South Wales Main Line.

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Challow railway station

Challow railway station is a former railway station about south of Stanford in the Vale on the A417 road between Wantage and Faringdon.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Charles Collett

Charles Benjamin Collett (10 September 1871 – 5 April 1952) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941.

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Charles Jocelyn Hambro

Air Commodore Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro, (3 October 189728 August 1963) was a British merchant banker and intelligence officer.

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Charles Spagnoletti

Charles Ernest Spagnoletti MInstCE, MIEE (12 July 1832 – 28 June 1915) was an electrical inventor and the first telegraph superintendent of the Great Western Railway (GWR).

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Cheap Trains Act 1883

The Cheap Trains Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 34) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that marked the beginning of workers' train (and later bus) services.

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Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway

The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was a railway company intended to link Cheltenham, Gloucester and Swindon, in England. Great Western Railway and Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway are 7 ft gauge railways.

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Cheltenham Spa Express

The Cheltenham Spa Express is a British named passenger train service from Paddington station, in London, to Cheltenham Spa, in Gloucestershire, via Reading, Kemble, Stroud, Stonehouse and Gloucester.

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Cheltenham Spa railway station

Cheltenham Spa railway station serves the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England.

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Chepstow Railway Bridge

Chepstow Railway Bridge was built to the instructions of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852.

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Chief mechanical engineer

Chief mechanical engineer and locomotive superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotives and rolling stock.

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Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways (legal name The Chiltern Railway Company Limited) is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996.

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Cirencester Town railway station

Cirencester Town railway station was one of three railway stations which formerly served the town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; the others were and.

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Clevedon branch line

The Clevedon branch line was a branch railway line that ran from Yatton railway station on the Bristol to Taunton Line to Clevedon in North Somerset, England, with no intermediate stops.

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Company secretary

A Company secretary is a senior position in the corporate governance of organizations, playing a crucial role in ensuring adherence to statutory and regulatory requirements.

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Conductor (rail)

A conductor (North American English) or guard (Commonwealth English) is a train crew member responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve actual operation of the train/locomotive.

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Consolidation (business)

In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones.

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Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line (Penn-hyns-horn Kernow) is a railway line in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom. Great Western Railway and Cornish Main Line are standard gauge railways in England.

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Cornish Riviera Express

The Cornish Riviera Express is a British express passenger train that has run between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall since 1904.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Cornwall Railway

The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall, England, built in the second half of the nineteenth century. Great Western Railway and Cornwall Railway are 7 ft gauge railways, pre-grouping British railway companies, standard gauge railways in England and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Cornwall Railway viaducts

The Cornwall Railway company constructed a railway line between Plymouth and Truro in the United Kingdom, opening in 1859, and extended it to Falmouth in 1863.

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Daniel Gooch

Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer.

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Dartmouth Steam Railway

The Dartmouth Steam Railway, formerly known as the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch line between and in Devon, England. Great Western Railway and Dartmouth Steam Railway are 7 ft gauge railways and standard gauge railways in England.

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Derby (horse race)

A derby is a type of horse race named after the Derby Stakes run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England.

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Didcot Parkway railway station

Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving Didcot, a town in Oxfordshire, England.

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Didcot Railway Centre

Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.

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Dining car

A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant.

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Dual gauge

In railway engineering, "gauge" is the transverse distance between the inner surfaces of the heads of two rails, which for the vast majority of railway lines is the number of rails in place.

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Earl Cawdor

Earl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Edwardian era

In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century, that spanned the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910.

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Electrical telegraph

Electrical telegraphy is a point-to-point text messaging system, primarily used from the 1840s until the late 20th century.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Excursion

An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes.

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Exeter and Crediton Railway

The Exeter and Crediton Railway was a broad gauge railway that linked Exeter and Crediton, Devon, England. Great Western Railway and Exeter and Crediton Railway are 7 ft gauge railways.

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Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids railway station is the principal and largest railway station in Exeter, also the busiest station in Devon.

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Exmoor

Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England.

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Express train

An express train is a type of passenger train that makes few or no stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, providing faster service than local trains that stop at many or all of the stations along their route.

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Fare

A fare is the fee paid by a passenger for use of a public transport system: rail, bus, taxi, etc.

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Felix Pole

Sir Felix John Clewett Pole (1 February 1877 – 15 January 1956) was a British railway manager and industrialist.

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First class travel

First class is the most luxurious and most expensive travel class of seats and service on a train, passenger ship, airplane, bus, or other system of transport.

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FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen in the north-east of Scotland.

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Flying Dutchman (train)

The Flying Dutchman was a named passenger train service from London Paddington to.

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Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor

Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor, (13 February 1847 – 8 February 1911), styled Viscount Emlyn from 1860 to 1898, was a British Conservative politician.

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Frederick Hawksworth

Frederick William Hawksworth (10 February 1884 – 13 July 1976), was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (GWR).

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Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough

Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough (11 September 1815 – 11 March 1895), was an Anglo-Irish peer who played first-class cricket 1834–56 for Surrey, Cambridge Town Club (aka Cambridgeshire), Cambridge University (CUCC) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

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Freight train

A freight train, also called a goods train or cargo train, is a railway train that is used to carry cargo, as opposed to passengers.

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Gangway connection

A gangway connection (or, more loosely, a corridor connection) is a flexible connector fitted to the end of a railway coach, enabling passengers to move between coaches without danger of falling from the train.

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Gatehampton Railway Bridge

Gatehampton Railway Bridge, otherwise referred to as Gatehampton Viaduct, is a railway bridge carrying the Great Western Main Line over the River Thames in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, England.

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George Jackson Churchward

George Jackson Churchward (31 January 1857 – 19 December 1933) was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922.

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George Thomas Clark

Colonel George Thomas Clark (26 May 1809 – 31 January 1898) was a British surgeon and engineer.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England.

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWR, GWSR or Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway) is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds in England.

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God's Wonderful Railway

God's Wonderful Railway is a British children's drama television series made by the BBC.

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Golf course

A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played.

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Great (1975 film)

Great is a British 28-minute animated short film released in 1975, telling a humorous version of the life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Great Central Railway

The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. Great Western Railway and Great Central Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Great Eastern Railway

The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia. Great Western Railway and Great Eastern Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851.

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Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York. Great Western Railway and Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) are pre-grouping British railway companies and standard gauge railways in England.

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Great Western Main Line

The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to. Great Western Railway and Great Western Main Line are standard gauge railways in England.

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Great Western Railway (train operating company)

Great Western Railway (GWR) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western passenger railway franchise.

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Great Western Railway accidents

Great Western Railway accidents include several notable incidents that influenced rail safety in the United Kingdom.

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Great Western Railway ships

The Great Western Railway's ships operated in connection with the company's trains to provide services to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France.

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Great Western Railway telegraphic codes

Great Western Railway telegraphic codes were a commercial telegraph code used to shorten the telegraphic messages sent between the stations and offices of the railway.

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Great Western Railway wagons

The fleet of Great Western Railway wagons was both large and varied as it carried the wide variety of goods traffic on the Great Western Railway (GWR) in the United Kingdom.

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Great Western Railway War Memorial

The Great Western Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial by Charles Sargeant Jagger and Thomas S. Tait.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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GWR 2884 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2884 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive.

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GWR 3031 Class

The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899.

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GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro

GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive built in 1903 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a design by George Jackson Churchward.

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GWR 4073 Class

The 4073 or Castle Class are 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway, built between 1923 and 1950.

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GWR 6000 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927.

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GWR autocoach

The GWR autocoach (or auto-trailer) is a type of coach that was used by the Great Western Railway for push-pull trains powered by a steam locomotive.

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GWR Firefly Class

The Firefly was a class of broad gauge 2-2-2 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway.

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GWR Iron Duke class

The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.

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GWR locomotive numbering and classification

The GWR was the longest-lived of the pre-nationalisation railway companies in Britain, surviving the 'Grouping' of the railways in 1923 almost unchanged.

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GWR railcars

In 1933, the Great Western Railway introduced the first of what was to become a successful series of diesel railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s, when they were replaced with the new British Rail "first generation" type diesel multiple units.

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GWR road motor services

The Great Western Railway road motor services operated from 1903 to 1933 by the Great Western Railway, both as a feeder to their train services, and as a cheaper alternative to building new railways in rural areas.

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GWR Star Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) Star Class of 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives were used for passenger train work.

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GWR steam rail motors

The steam rail motors (SRM) were self-propelled carriages operated by the Great Western Railway in England and Wales from 1903 to 1935.

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GWR Super Saloons

The Great Western Railway Super Saloons were eight railway carriages developed to service the boat train traffic from London to Plymouth.

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Harold Holcroft

Harold Holcroft (12 February 1882 – 15 February 1973) was an English railway and mechanical engineer who worked for the Great Western Railway (GWR), the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) and the Southern Railway (SR).

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Helston railway station

Helston railway station was the terminus of the Helston Railway in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which opened on the 9 May 1887 and during its time of operation was the most southerly railway station on the UK mainland.

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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (7 January 1816 – 5 July 1866), styled Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice until 1836 and Earl of Shelburne between 1836 and 1863, was a British politician.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Highland Railway

The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain. Great Western Railway and Highland Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain

The railway system of Great Britain started with the building of local isolated wooden wagonways starting in the 1560s.

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History of the railway track

The railway track or permanent way is the elements of railway lines: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on the sleepers or ties embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway.

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Holly

Ilex or holly is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Imperial Airways

Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939 and principally serving the British Empire routes to South Africa, India, Australia and the Far East, including Malaya and Hong Kong.

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Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

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Institution of Mechanical Engineers

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is an independent professional association and learned society headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".

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J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist.

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James Holden (locomotive engineer)

James Holden (26 July 1837 – 29 May 1925) was an English locomotive engineer.

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James Milne (railway manager)

Sir James Milne, K.C.V.O., C.S.I. (4 May 1883 – 1 April 1958), was an Irish railway manager in Great Britain.

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Jigsaw puzzle

A jigsaw puzzle (with context, sometimes just jigsaw or just puzzle) is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of often irregularly shaped interlocking and mosaicked pieces, each of which typically has a portion of a picture.

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John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman, (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster.

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John Cooke Bourne

John Cooke Bourne (1 September 1814 – February 1896) was a British artist, engraver and photographer,John Hannavy (2013) Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography..

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Joseph Armstrong (engineer)

Joseph Armstrong (born Bewcastle, Cumberland, 21 September 1816, died Matlock Bath 5 June 1877) was an English locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway.

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Kaolinite

Kaolinite (also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition: Al2Si2O5(OH)4.

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Kennet and Avon Canal

The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.

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Landslide

Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.

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Langport and Castle Cary Railway

The Langport and Castle Cary Railway is a railway line from Castle Cary railway station to Cogload Junction near Taunton, Somerset, England, which reduced the length of the journey from London to Penzance by.

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Liquidation

Liquidations is the process in accounting by which a company is brought to an end.

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List of 7-foot gauge railway locomotive names

This is a list of the names of broad gauge railway locomotives built in the United Kingdom during the heyday of that gauge (which ended in that country by 1892 with the final triumph of standard gauge).

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1835

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1835.

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List of chief mechanical engineers of the Great Western Railway

Engineer to the Great Western Railway.

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List of constituents of the Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1835 and nationalised on 1 January 1948. Great Western Railway and List of constituents of the Great Western Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Lithography

Lithography is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Llanelli riots of 1911

The Llanelli riots of 1911 were a series of events precipitated by the National Railway Strike of 1911.

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. Great Western Railway and London and North Western Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Great Western Railway and London and South Western Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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London Paddington station

Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a London railway station and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area.

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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR (known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton)) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Great Western Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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London, Chatham and Dover Railway

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR or LC&DR) was a railway company in south-eastern England. Great Western Railway and London, Chatham and Dover Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally used in historical circles. The LMS occasionally also used the initials LM&SR. Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway are big four British railway companies, British companies disestablished in 1948, railway companies disestablished in 1948 and standard gauge railways in England.

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Long ton

The long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg) or 35 cu.

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Maidenhead Railway Bridge

Maidenhead Railway Bridge, also known as Maidenhead Viaduct and The Sounding Arch, carries the Great Western Main Line (GWML) over the River Thames between Maidenhead, Berkshire and Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.

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Manhole

A manhole (utility hole, maintenance hole, or sewer hole) is an opening to a confined space such as a shaft, utility vault, or large vessel.

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Metropolitan Railway

The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs. Great Western Railway and Metropolitan Railway are 7 ft gauge railways.

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Midland and South Western Junction Railway

The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was an independent railway built to form a north–south link between the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway in England, allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton. Great Western Railway and Midland and South Western Junction Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. Great Western Railway and Midland Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Minehead

Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England.

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Moretonhampstead

Moretonhampstead is a market town, parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park.

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Motive power depot

A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained.

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Moulsford Railway Bridge

Moulsford Railway Bridge, also known locally as "Four Arches" bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges located a little to the north of Moulsford and South Stoke in Oxfordshire, UK.

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Museum of the Great Western Railway

STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway town'.

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Nationalization

Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.

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Network Rail

Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newquay

Newquay (label) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Newton Abbot railway station

Newton Abbot railway station serves the market town of Newton Abbot in Devon, England.

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Neyland

Neyland is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Cleddau and the upstream end of the Milford Haven estuary.

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North Devon Railway

The North Devon Railway was a railway company which operated a line from Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter, to Bideford in Devon, England, later becoming part of the London and South Western Railway's system. Great Western Railway and North Devon Railway are 7 ft gauge railways.

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North Warwickshire Line

The North Warwickshire Line (also known as the Shakespeare Line) is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom.

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North Wessex Downs

The North Wessex Downs are an area of chalk downland landscapes located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

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North West England

North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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Osborne Clarke

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice headquartered in London, England, UK with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, China, India via BTG Legal, Singapore, the United States and Poland.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway

The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&WR) was a railway company in England.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Passenger railroad car

A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers.

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Penny (British pre-decimal coin)

The British pre-decimal penny was a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound or of one shilling.

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Photographic grey

Photographic grey, also known as works grey, was a paint scheme commonly applied to steam locomotives during the period before colour photography became commonplace.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Plymouth Millbay railway station

Plymouth Millbay railway station was the original railway terminus in Plymouth, Devon, England.

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Postcard

A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope.

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Privatization

Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector.

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Railfan

A railfan, train fan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff, trainspotter (Australian/British English) or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems.

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Railtrack

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from 1994 until 2002.

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Railway Air Services

Railway Air Services (RAS) was a British airline formed in March 1934 by the Big Four railway companies (the GWR, LMS, LNER and SR) and Imperial Airways.

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Railway coupling

A coupling or coupler is a mechanism, typically located at each end of a rail vehicle, that connects them together to form a train.

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Railway platform

A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains.

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Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846

The Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 57) or the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 or the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that was designed to standardise railway tracks. Great Western Railway and railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846 are 7 ft gauge railways.

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Railway Regulation Act 1844

The Railway Regulation Act 1844The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule.

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Railway semaphore signal

Railway semaphore signal is one of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals.

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Railway signal

A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed.

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Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, by "grouping" them into four large companies dubbed the "Big Four".

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Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway

Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th-century British painter J. M. W. Turner.

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Reading railway station

Reading railway station is a major transport hub in Reading, Berkshire, England; it is west of.

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Reading–Basingstoke line

The Reading–Basingstoke line is a railway link between the South West Main Line and the Great Western Main Line, constructed by the Great Western Railway between 1846 and 1848.

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Resort

A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, swimming, accommodation, sports, entertainment and shopping, on the premises.

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Richard Potter (businessman)

Richard Potter (23 July 1817 – 11 January 1892) was a Victorian era English barrister and businessman investor, later chairman of the Great Western Railway.

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River Avon, Bristol

The River Avon is a river in the southwest of England.

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River Brent

The River Brent is a river in west and northwest London, England, and a tributary of the River Thames.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Riviera Trains

Riviera Trains Limited is a railway spot-hire company based at Burton-on-Trent and Eastleigh in England.

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Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan

Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan, (28 February 18713 September 1940) was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician.

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Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne in England.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars.

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Royal Albert Bridge

The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. Great Western Railway and Royal Albert Bridge are works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Royal Commission on Railway Gauges

The United Kingdom Royal Commission on Railway Gauges was held in 1845 to choose between the broad gauge of the Great Western Railway and its associated companies and the so-called narrow gauge (now known as standard gauge) of that had been installed in most of the rest of the country.

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Ruabon

Ruabon (Rhiwabon) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

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S. P. B. Mais

Stuart Petre Brodie Mais (4 July 1885 – 21 April 1975), known publicly as S. P. B. Mais, was a British author, journalist and broadcaster.

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Season ticket

A season ticket, or season pass, is a ticket that grants privileges over a defined period of time.

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Severn Tunnel

The Severn Tunnel (Twnnel Hafren) is a railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales under the estuary of the River Severn.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England, named after the company that originally built the railway over which it now operates.

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Share (finance)

In financial markets, a share (sometimes referred to as stock or equity) is a unit of equity ownership in the capital stock of a corporation, and can refer to units of mutual funds, limited partnerships, and real estate investment trusts.

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Ship's tender

A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat or ship used to service or support other boats or ships.

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Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway

The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway was authorised in 1846.

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Shrewsbury and Chester Railway

The North Wales Mineral Railway was formed to carry coal and ironstone from the mineral-bearing area around Wrexham to the River Dee wharves.

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Sleeping car

The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping.

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Slip coach

A slip coach, slip carriage or slip portion in Britain and Ireland, also known as a flying switch in North America, is one or more carriages designed to be uncoupled from the rear of a moving train.

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Slough–Windsor & Eton line

The Slough–Windsor & Eton line is a branch railway line long, in Berkshire, England.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Sonning Cutting

Sonning Cutting is on the original Great Western Railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Great Western Railway and Sonning Cutting are works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Sonning Cutting railway accident

The Sonning Cutting railway accident occurred during the early hours of 24 December 1841 in the Sonning Cutting through Sonning Hill, near Reading, Berkshire.

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South Devon and Tavistock Railway

The South Devon and Tavistock Railway linked Plymouth with Tavistock in Devon; it opened in 1859. Great Western Railway and South Devon and Tavistock Railway are 7 ft gauge railways and standard gauge railways in England.

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South Devon Railway (heritage railway)

The South Devon Railway (SDR) is a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon. Great Western Railway and South Devon Railway (heritage railway) are standard gauge railways in England.

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South Devon Railway Company

The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. Great Western Railway and South Devon Railway Company are 7 ft gauge railways, pre-grouping British railway companies and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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South Devon Railway sea wall

The South Devon Railway sea wall is situated on the south coast of Devon in England. Great Western Railway and south Devon Railway sea wall are works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee (SE&CRCJMC),Awdry (1990), page 199 known as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR), was a working union of two neighbouring rival railways, the South Eastern Railway (SER) and London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR), which operated between London and south-east England.

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South Eastern Railway (England)

The South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922. Great Western Railway and south Eastern Railway (England) are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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South Wales Main Line

The South Wales Main Line (Prif Linell De Cymru), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain. Great Western Railway and South Wales Main Line are standard gauge railways in England and standard gauge railways in Wales.

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South Wales Railway

The South Wales Railway (Rheilffordd De Cymru) was a main line railway which opened in stages from 1850, connecting the Great Western Railway from Gloucester to South Wales. Great Western Railway and South Wales Railway are 7 ft gauge railways, standard gauge railways in Wales and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Southampton Terminus railway station

Southampton Terminus railway station served the Port of Southampton and Southampton City Centre, England from 1840 until 1966.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. Great Western Railway and Southern Railway (UK) are big four British railway companies, British companies disestablished in 1948 and railway companies disestablished in 1948.

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Spencer Horatio Walpole

Spencer Horatio Walpole (11 September 1806 – 22 May 1898) was a British Conservative Party politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Lord Derby.

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Spring green

Spring green is a color that was traditionally considered to be on the yellow side of green, but in modern computer systems based on the RGB color model is halfway between cyan and green on the color wheel.

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St Ives Bay Line

The St Ives Bay Line is a railway line from to in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Great Western Railway and St Ives Bay Line are 7 ft gauge railways and standard gauge railways in England.

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St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives (Porth Ia, meaning "St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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St Leger Stakes

| The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Stert and Westbury Railway

The Stert and Westbury Railway was opened by the Great Western Railway Company in 1900 in Wiltshire, England.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a canal in the south Midlands of England.

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Sutton Harbour

Sutton Harbour, formerly known as Sutton Pool, is the original port of Plymouth in Devon, England.

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Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales.

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Swindon railway station

Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England, serving the town of Swindon, Wiltshire.

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Swindon Works

Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Taff Vale Railway

The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. Great Western Railway and Taff Vale Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies, standard gauge railways in Wales and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Taplow railway station

Taplow railway station serves the village of Taplow in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Telegram style

Telegram style, telegraph style, telegraphic style, or telegraphese is a clipped way of writing which abbreviates words and packs information into the smallest possible number of words or characters.

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Tender (rail)

A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.

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The Bristolian (train)

The Bristolian is a named passenger train service from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads.

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The Cornishman (train)

The Cornishman is a British express passenger train to Penzance in Cornwall.

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The Lizard

The Lizard (An Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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The Railway Station

The Railway Station is an 1862 genre painting by the British artist William Powell Frith.

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Thomas Russell Crampton

Thomas Russell Crampton, MICE, MIMechE (6 August 1816 – 19 April 1888) was an English engineer born at Broadstairs, Kent, and trained on Brunel's Great Western Railway.

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Torbay Express

The Torbay Express is a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.

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Torquay

Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.

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Track gauge conversion

Gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another.

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Train operating company

In the railway system of Great Britain, a train operating company (TOC) is a railway undertaking operating passenger trains under the collective National Rail brand.

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Train shed

A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof.

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Train ticket

A train ticket is a transit pass ticket issued by a railway operator that enables the bearer to travel on the operator's network or a partner's network.

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Transport for Wales Rail

Transport for Wales Rail Limited, branded as Transport for Wales and TfW Rail (and), is a Welsh publicly owned train operating company, a subsidiary of Transport for Wales (TfW), a Welsh Government-owned company.

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Transshipment

Transshipment, trans-shipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination.

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Tregenna Castle

Tregenna Castle (Kastel Tregenow, meaning "Kenow’s settlement")) in St Ives, Cornwall, was built by John Stephens in the 18th century and is named after the hill on which it stands. The estate was sold in 1871 and became a hotel, a purpose for which it is still used today. The castle is a Grade II Listed building.

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Twelveheads Press

Twelveheads Press is an independent publishing company based in Chacewater near Truro, Cornwall, UK.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Vacuum brake

The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s.

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Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill

Major Victor Albert Francis Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill (23 October 1864 – 3 January 1934), known as the Hon.

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W. Heath Robinson

William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 – 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist, illustrator and artist, best known for drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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War Memorials Register

The War Memorials Register (WMR), formerly the UK National Inventory of War Memorials, was founded in 1989 to build a comprehensive record of every war memorial in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

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Warrington Bank Quay railway station

Warrington Bank Quay is one of three railway stations serving the town centre of Warrington in Cheshire, England.

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Waterford

Waterford is a city in County Waterford in the south-east of Ireland.

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West Cornwall Railway

The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. Great Western Railway and West Cornwall Railway are 7 ft gauge railways, pre-grouping British railway companies and standard gauge railways in England.

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West Country

The West Country (An Tir West) is a loosely defined area within southwest England, usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, with some considering it to extend to all or parts of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

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West Drayton railway station

West Drayton railway station serves West Drayton and Yiewsley, western suburbs of London.

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West Midland Railway

The West Midland Railway was an early British railway company. Great Western Railway and West Midland Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes.

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West Somerset Railway

The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England. Great Western Railway and West Somerset Railway are 7 ft gauge railways and standard gauge railways in England.

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Western Region of British Railways

The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948.

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Wharncliffe Viaduct

The Wharncliffe Viaduct is a brick-built viaduct that carries the Great Western Main Line railway across the Brent Valley, between Hanwell and Southall, Ealing, UK, at an elevation of.

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Wheel arrangement

In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive.

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William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington

William Keppel Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington (6 October 1793 – 9 February 1867), styled The Honourable from 1814 until 1829, was a British businessman and politician.

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William Dean (engineer)

William Dean (8 January 1840 – 24 September 1905) was an English railway engineer.

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William Martley

William Martley (4 January 1824 – 6 February 1874) was the locomotive superintendent of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in England from 1860 until his death.

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William Powell Frith

William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era.

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William Stanier

Sir William Arthur Stanier, (27 May 1876 – 27 September 1965) was a British railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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William Stroudley

William Stroudley (6 March 1833 – 20 December 1889) was an English railway engineer, and was one of the most famous steam locomotive engineers of the nineteenth century, working principally for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR).

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Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway

The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WS&WR) was an early railway company in south-western England. Great Western Railway and Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway are 7 ft gauge railways.

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Wolverhampton Low Level railway station

Wolverhampton Low Level was a railway station on Sun Street, in Springfield, Wolverhampton, England.

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Wolverhampton railway works

Wolverhampton railway works was in the city of Wolverhampton in the county of Staffordshire, England.

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Wootton Bassett Junction railway station

Wootton Bassett Junction railway station, formerly Wootton Bassett railway station, was a junction station in Wootton Bassett where the Great Western and South Wales Main Lines diverge.

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Worcester Shrub Hill railway station

Worcester Shrub Hill railway station is one of two railway stations serving the city of Worcester, England.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal

Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal, (9 April 1885 – 6 May 1949), was a British politician.

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2-2-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle.

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4-2-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle.

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4-4-0

4-4-0, in the Whyte notation, denotes a steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles (usually in a leading bogie), four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.

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4-6-0

A 4-6-0 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, has four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie and six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles with the absence of trailing wheels.

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See also

1833 establishments in England

• Arbuthnot Latham
• B. Hick and Sons
• Boden Scholarship
• Burnley Cricket Club
• Cambridge movement (philosophy)
• Cheltenham Looker-On
• Coward College
• Durham University Library
• Good Logistics
• Great Western Railway
• Grubb Parsons
• Hertford County Hospital
• Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Leeds Times
• London and Birmingham Railway
• Lymington Open Air Sea Water Baths
• Manchester Statistical Society
• Marble Arch
• Millennium House
• Northumberland Plate
• Oakwood Hospital
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Redditch
• Potts of Leeds
• Reform Tower, Derbyshire
• Royal Entomological Society
• Royal Naval School
• St Catharine's College Boat Club (Cambridge)
• St Luke's Church, Skerton
• St Mary's Church, Grimsby
• Stracey Arms Windpump
• Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston
• Walsall Cricket Club
• Widnes Dock
• Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

1948 disestablishments in England

• Ash Town railway station
• Brand-Lochryn Tournament
• Bunce Court School
• Cierva Autogiro Company
• City of London Electric Lighting Company
• Eastry South railway station
• Eastry railway station
• Elpis Lodge
• Fellows Morton & Clayton
• Geddington railway station
• Great Western Railway
• Holy Trinity Church, Canning Town
• Huntingdon Town F.C.
• Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Company Limited
• London Cage
• London Passenger Transport Board
• London Power Company
• London and North Eastern Railway
• Marrick Priory
• Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
• Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company
• Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
• North Eastern Electric Supply Company
• Nottingham Corporation Electricity Department
• Petroleum Board
• Power Jets
• RAF Bury St Edmunds
• RAF Great Dunmow
• Shipley Gate railway station
• St Peter's Hospital, Covent Garden

7 ft gauge railways

• Berks and Hants Railway
• Brentford branch line
• Bridport Railway
• Bristol and Exeter Railway
• Bristol and Gloucester Railway
• Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
• Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
• Bullo Pill Railway
• Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
• Chard branch line
• Cheddar Valley line
• Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
• Cornwall Railway
• Dartmouth Steam Railway
• Dartmouth and Torbay Railway
• Dean Forest Railway
• Devon and Somerset Railway
• East Somerset Railway
• Ely Valley Railway
• Exeter and Crediton Railway
• Forest of Dean Railway
• Great Western Railway
• Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
• Holyhead Breakwater
• Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
• Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway
• Maritime Line
• Marlow branch line
• Metropolitan Railway
• Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
• Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
• North Devon Railway
• Port Erin Breakwater Railway
• Portishead Railway
• Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846
• Riviera Line
• Severn and Wye Railway
• South Devon Railway Company
• South Devon and Tavistock Railway
• South Wales Mineral Railway
• South Wales Railway
• St Ives Bay Line
• Torbay and Brixham Railway
• Vale of Neath Railway
• West Cornwall Railway
• West Somerset Railway
• Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
• Wycombe Railway
• Yeovil–Taunton line

Big four British railway companies

• Big Four (British railway companies)
• British carriage and wagon numbering and classification
• Great Western Railway
• List of constituents of the London and North Eastern Railway
• List of constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• List of constituents of the Southern Railway
• List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping
• List of shipping facilities of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• London and North Eastern Railway
• London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• Railway Executive Committee
• Southern Railway (UK)

British companies disestablished in 1948

• Alloa Coal Company
• Cierva Autogiro Company
• City of London Electric Lighting Company
• East Kent Light Railway
• Electric Supply Corporation Limited
• Fellows Morton & Clayton
• Great Western Railway
• London Power Company
• London and North Eastern Railway
• London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• Mersey Railway
• Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
• Montevideo Waterworks Company
• Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company
• Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
• North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
• North Eastern Electric Supply Company
• Power Jets
• Scottish Power Company Limited
• South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Company
• Southern Railway (UK)
• Wessex Electricity Company

British companies established in 1833

• B. Hick and Sons
• Good Logistics
• Grand Junction Railway
• Great Western Railway
• Grubb Parsons
• London and Birmingham Railway
• London and Greenwich Railway
• Menzies Aviation
• Whitby and Pickering Railway

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

• Brunel Award
• Brunel University London
• Great Western Railway
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern
• Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victoria Embankment

Railway companies disestablished in 1948

• Argentine North Eastern Railway
• Argentine State Railway
• Augusta and Savannah Railroad
• Bergslagernas Järnvägar
• Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
• Buenos Aires Midland Railway
• Buenos Aires Western Railway
• Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway
• Cane Belt Railroad
• Central Argentine Railway
• Central Northern Railway
• Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
• Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
• Compañía General de Ferrocarriles en la Provincia de Buenos Aires
• Crosbyton-Southplains Railroad
• East Kent Light Railway
• Entre Ríos Railway
• Federated Malay States Railways
• Ferrocarriles Patagónicos
• Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway
• Great Western Railway
• Inter-California Railway
• London and North Eastern Railway
• London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• Mersey Railway
• Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
• Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
• North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
• Palestine Railways
• Province of Santa Fe Railway
• Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway
• Southern Railway (UK)
• Tampa and Jacksonville Railway

Railway companies established in 1833

• Experimental Railroad
• Grand Junction Railway
• Great Western Railway
• Hartford and New Haven Railroad
• London and Birmingham Railway
• London and Greenwich Railway
• Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad
• Paterson and Hudson River Railroad
• Petersburg Railroad
• Whitby and Pickering Railway

Railway lines opened in 1838

• Auburn and Syracuse Railroad
• Belgian railway line 50A
• Berlin–Magdeburg railway
• Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway
• Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway
• Dundee and Arbroath Railway
• Durham–Sunderland line
• Great Western Railway
• London and Birmingham Railway
• Main Line (Reading Company)
• Manchester and Bolton Railway
• North Union Railway
• Sheffield and Rotherham Railway

Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

• Baulk road
• Box Tunnel
• Bristol Harbour
• Bristol and Exeter Railway
• Brunel Museum
• Cornwall Railway
• Cumberland Basin (Bristol)
• Great Western Railway
• Royal Albert Bridge
• Sonning Cutting
• South Devon Banks
• South Devon Railway Company
• South Devon Railway engine houses
• South Devon Railway sea wall
• South Wales Railway
• Taff Vale Railway
• Thames Tunnel
• The Great Western Cotton Factory
• Underfall Yard
• Wellington Bank, Somerset
• Westport Canal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_Railway

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