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The Rail Motor Vehicles (etc.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 11. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. pp. L4 – L11. ISBN 0-901115-38-X. Davies, F.K. (May 1974). A Chronological and Statistical Survey. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Part 12. RCTS. pp. M120, M124 – M125, M127 – M128.
The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 2,140 mm ) broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class .
The erstwhile Kitmaster company produced an unpowered polystyrene injection moulded model kit for OO gauge. In late 1962, the Kitmaster brand was sold by its parent company (Rosebud Dolls) to Airfix , who transferred the moulding tools to their own factory; they re-introduced some of the former Kitmaster range, including this model.
Baquedano semi-circular roundhouse for 16 locos with turntable. Abandoned building claiming to be a museum, but unattended. Has 5 preserved (not restored) steam locomotives in and around the roundhouse, as well as old carriages and wagons. Is in the centre of a working railway yard - Baquedano Station.
In late 2015, No. 6000, along with City of Truro, returned to STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway (located at the site of the old railway works in Swindon), and both were put on display in preparation for Swindon 175 (in 2016), celebrating 175 years since the inception of Swindon as a railway town.
Built as Southern Railway No. 1643. [7] 13 Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal: 0-6-0T H.K. Porter 1919 Display From the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. [7] 13 Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad: 2-8-0: American Locomotives Company 1920 Display, awaiting restoration [7] 19: McCloud River Railroad 2-8-2: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1915 Under ...