Swindon railway works was built by the Great Western Railway in 1840 in the town of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the original terminus at Bristol. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Swindon is a large town of Wiltshire, England, located in the South West of the UK (between London and Bristol). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...

From 1836, Brunel had been buying locomotives from various makers for the new railway. Few of them were satisfactory, some suggest, because of Brunel's specifications. Daniel Gooch was given the job of rectifying the situation and built the works at Swindon in 1842. 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern Isambard Kingdom Brunel (April 9, 1806 – September 15, 1859) was a British engineer, noted for the creation of the Great Western Railway and a series of famous steamships. ... Sir Daniel Gooch was the first chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Repairs began in 1843, with the first new locomotive in 1846, the "Great Western", followed by six more, the "Iron Dukes." By 1866 the works was producing around one a week . A rolling mill was installed for rails in 1861 attracting workers from South Wales. Although some rolling stock was built at Wolverhampton (producing 800 standard gauge locomotives up to 1908), Worcester and Saltney near Chester, most of the work was concentrated at Swindon. 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The city of Worcester (pronounced ) is the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river. ... Saltney is a small town in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the River Dee. ... Chester is the county town of Cheshire in the north-west of England, close to the border with Wales. ...

Like most early railways, the GWR was built with gentle gradients and the minimum of curves, which meant that they were able to operate fast light-weight 'single-wheelers',2-2-2 and 4-2-2. However, 1849, Gooch also built 4-4-0 saddle tank locomotives for the hillier routes in Devon. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2-2-2 locomotive has two leading wheels, two driving wheels and two trailing wheels. ... Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4-2-2 locomotive has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, two driving wheels and two trailing wheels. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad #87, delivered 1873-10-27 from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. ... A tank locomotive (occasionally tank engine) is a steam locomotive that carries its own fuel and water with it, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ...

In addition to locomotive building, from 1850 standardised goods wagons were produced and in 1867 Swindon was made the central workshop, with extensions and thirteen miles of additional sidings. In 1864, when Joseph Armstrong took over, he took on the resposiblity of improving the passenger stock. In 1878 a separate new carriage and wagon works was built on land north of the station. The first Royal Saloon was built in 1874 and converted to standard gauge in 1899. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Churchward's tenure, first as Assistant Chief Superintendent in 1897 , then Locomotive Superintendent in 1902 , produced heavier locomotives, firstly the 4-4-0 City class, then the County class. Later in 1906 "North Star", originally 4-4-2, was rebuilt as the first four-cylinder 4-6-0. Later four-cylindered engines were 4-6-0 built and, in1908 the first "Pacific" 4-6-2, the only one of its type in the country for many years. It was later rebuilt as a 4-6-0. George Jackson Churchward (1857-1933) was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1902 to 1921. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad #87, delivered 1873-10-27 from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. ... GWR 4-4-0 3700 (City) Class, no. ... The Great Western Railway County Class 4-4-0 steam locomotives for passenger train work. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 4-4-2 can refer to: A classification of steam locomotives under the Whyte notation. ... In the Whyte notation, a 4-6-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck followed by three driving axles. ... In the Whyte notation, a 4-6-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck followed by three driving axles. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Pennsylvania Railroads class K4s, a well known 4-6-2 type. ... In the Whyte notation, a 4-6-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck followed by three driving axles. ...

The first GWR through corridor train was built in 1891 with electric lighting introduced in 1900. 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

C. B. Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1921 to [[1941] greatly improved the work's boiler making and its facilities for working heavy gauge sheet metal. In 1927 the most powerful locomotive type of all, the King class, was introduced. 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. ...

In 1947 the works were still producing 60 new locomotives in the year, falling to 42 in 1954. Between 1949 and 1960 some 200 of the various BR Standard locomotives were produced. British Railway's last steam locomotive BR standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star was built in 1968 and the first diesel-hydraulic main line locomotive in 1957. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The BR Standard steam locomotives were an effort to standardize locomotives from the motley collection from older locos. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... British Railways BR standard class 9F number 92220, named Evening Star, is a preserved British railway locomotive. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1962 new building of locomotives finished at Swindon. Locomotive repairs and carriage and wagon work continued, though the original carriage and wagon workshop was sold. The whole works closed in 1986. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• Simmons, J., (1986) The Railway in Town and Country, Newton Abott: David and Charles
• Larkin, E.J., Larkin, J.G., (1988) The Railway Workshops of Great Britain 1823-1986,' ' Macmillan Press

see also Locomotives of the Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway had an uninterrupted life of over a century to develop its locomotive designs as it was barely unaffected by the Grouping of 1923. ...