This is one a series of 12 books being published by Transport Treasury in 2025 showcasing railway works and centres to commemorate “Rail 200”, the 200th anniversary of passenger-carrying railways.
Swindon Works was established by the Great Western Railway in the 1840s and, in time, became a byword for excellence producing some of the most iconic steam locos in British railway history. Much of the GWR’s coach fleet was also built here.
This is an album of photographs taken in and outside the works from its early days until its closure in the 1980s, showing the various locomotive and coach types that have been built and maintained there. Most of the photographs are of GWR steam locomotives, coaches and railcars, and diesel locomotives from the British Railways era. There are also photos of withdrawn locomotives awaiting scrapping. Photographs are approximately half colour and half black & white. Each is accompanied by a caption. Hardback. 80 pages.