The Swindon Railway Festival returns to STEAM this weekend! 🎉🚂Now in its 21st year, the event celebrates all things Great Western Railway…Discover three new special exhibitions exploring the story of changes to train travel on the GWR; 23 of the UK’s finest model railways; an amazing vintage traction engine display; sounds from the replica GWR Swindon Works Hooter and a whole museum full of trade stands, exhibitors and modelling demonstrations.📍 Steam - Museum of the Great Western Railway 📅

10K views · 322 reactions | Watch how we helped GWR war hero Gordon Pritchard celebrate his 100th birthday by inviting him on board one of our Intercity Express Trains for a ride in the cab between Swansea and Swindon. He was then welcomed to Steam - Museum of the Great Western Railway for a heritage rail tour. | GWR | Facebook

20K views · 725 reactions | No.4079 GWR ‘Pendennis Castle’ at The Steam Gala The Castle Class 4-6-0 is one of the most celebrated locomotive types of the former Great Western Railway. 4079 was the seventh of 171 Castles built and was completed at Swindon in February 1924. Come take a journey & celebrate the locos centenary!  www.kwvr.co.uk/steamgala/ #kwvr // kwvr.co.uk | The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | Facebook